A hybrid operating room planned for Fredericton will be the first of its kind in New Brunswick, providing advanced imaging to assist surgeons as they work, supporters say.

The operating room at Papineau Hospital in western Quebec has been closed indefinitely due to the failure of sterilization equipment, according to the regional health authority.Since Monday, the ...

The operating room at Papineau Hospital in western Quebec has been closed indefinitely due to the failure of sterilization equipment, according to the regional health authority. Since Monday, the ...

Some patients in Inuvik, N.W.T. will be transferred to Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife while service closures impact the operating room in Inuvik until June 30. In a notice Monday, the N.W ...

Tech startup Proximie has raised $80 million in third-round financing that will be used to further develop its augmented reality platform, which allows surgeons to share best practices with other ...

The New Brunswick government is throwing its support behind a hybrid operating room in Fredericton that is expected to run up annual costs of $3.3 million. The Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional ...

Operating Room Fires: A Significant but Preventable Risk Operating room fires pose a significant risk in medical care, with estimates ranging between 90 and 100 incidents annually in the United States ...

A workflow-driven cooperative operating room needs to be established in order to successfully unburden the surgeon and the operating room staff very time-consuming information-seeking and ...

Background and aims: The concept of risk management is a new issue which pointed out the dangers of the health system on patients. Statistics indicate that a non-negligible percentage of patients, ...

Background Surgical complications represent a significant cause of morbidity and mortality with the rate of major complications after inpatient surgery estimated at 3–17% in industrialised countries.