The Operating Theatre Journal

Discover WebSurg, the world’s no.1 minimally invasive surgery website.

This educational website is focused on surgical tourniquets, including tourniquet safety and surgical usage, with the goal of providing comprehensive information leading to safer and more effective use of surgical tourniquet systems.

SURgical PAtient Safety System (SURPASS©) checklist: a validated safety checklist covering the entire surgical pathway.

A program of the Foundation for Health Care Quality.

High quality video, text and illustrations for top medical procedures
Highlights patient safety guidelines
Includes indications, contraindications, anatomy, equipment.

Our mission is to encourage all scientific and clinical advancement of computer-aided surgery and related medical interventions throughout the world.

“The Essential Surgery volume of DCP3 helps definitively dispel many of the myths about surgery’s role in global health, in part by showing the very large health burden from conditions that are primarily or extensively treated by surgery. It dispels the myth that surgery is too expensive by showing that many essential surgical services rank amongst the most cost-effective of all heath interventions.”

The CHFG formed in 2007 when a group of experts, clinicians and enthusiasts brought their talents together for the sake of patient safety. It was recognised that although all firmly place an understanding of human factors at the heart of improving patient safety, it is an area that the vast majority of healthcare professionals, policy makers, managers and politicians are unaware of.

Through this site you will have the opportunity to engage in self-directed continuing education programs and receive contact hours approved by the Texas Nurses Association, the Certification Board for Sterile Processing & Distribution, Inc (CBSPD), and the International Association for Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM).

The Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) is the only national professional nursing specialty organization dedicated to adult health/medical-surgical nurses.

World Community Grid brings people together from across the globe to create the largest non-profit computing grid benefiting humanity. It does this by pooling surplus computer processing power. We believe that innovation combined with visionary scientific research and large-scale volunteerism can help make the planet smarter. Our success depends on like-minded individuals – like you.