… Canacari RN, CNOR … Canacari, RN, CNOR, is an associate chief nurse of perioperative
services at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA. Ms Canacari has no declared …

Study Design. Case study Objective. To optimize the utilization of operating room instruments
for orthopedic and neurosurgical spine cases in an urban level 1 academic medical center …

… Canacari RN, CNOR … Canacari, RN, CNOR, is associate chief nurse of perioperative
services at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA. Ms Canacari has no declared …

Study Design. Prospective observational study. Objective. This study aims to quantify the
incidence of intraoperative waste in spine surgery and to examine the efficacy of an …

A daily management system (DMS) can be used to implement continuous quality improvement
and advance employee engagement. It can empower staff to identify problems in the care …

… The program was monitored with case-specific performance metrics incorporated into the
electronic Perioperative Information Management System and simultaneous enrollment into …

… However, on the basis of observational audits, we believe that the electronic documentation
of count status has been incorporated into OR culture at BIDMC and that compliance with …

Healthcare workplaces are among the most hazardous in the nation. In 2010, the Department
of Labor reported 653,900 workplace injuries/illnesses occurred in healthcare, 152,000 …

… It is through a team training process, as Elena Canacari points out, that the behaviors of the
team members will be changed and stakeholders will be empowered and, as Dr Moorman …

Reducing wastage in the operating room (OR) is a way to reduce the rapidly increasing cost
of health care. Using structured problem solving tools, a team at Beth Israel Deaconess …