Operation and maintenance of clean operating department / 医疗卫生装备

The common problems in the operation and maintenance of the clean operating department were summarized, and additional attention was paid on the important systems for humidifying, ventilation and filtering as well as the daily operation and maintenance of hand washing sink, electric air-lock door and etc. Some suggestions were put forward for the management of the staff and the operating department.

Optimizing operating department facility capacity with the queuing theory / 中华医院管理杂志

Objective Reengineering of existing facility capacity of the hospital operating department to tap the potential of the capacity, and development of scientific and quantitative basis for hospital decision-making. Methods Existing data of the hospital's operating department was called into play for a fit test of probability distribution, followed by an analysis of such capacity in the queuing theory, ending with a redesign based on the present service demand.Results The operating department in question was found with a low utilization, and with surplus capacity. When the utilization lies between 70% and 80% (7 operating rooms), the queuing system indexes are optimal.Conclusion It is rational and feasible to analyze and optimize operating department facility capacity in the queuing theory. This is conductive to increasing operating room utilization and enhancing hospital competitiveness.

Sharp Injuries among Medical Workers in Operating Department:A Survey Analysis and Countermeasures / 中华医院感染学杂志

OBJECTIVE To investigate the status of the sharp injuries among medical workers in operating department and explore the countermeasures for the occupational protection.METHODS The status of the sharp injuries was investigated retrospectively from Jul 2006 to Jun 2007 used a self-designed questionnaire among 255 medical workers in three grade 2A hospitals in Tongcheng city.RESULTS Among the medical workers 63.14% suffered sharp injuries.Furthermore,the proportion of sharp injuries among doctors,nurses and nurse students were 46.67%,80.00% and 92.73%,and the sharp injuries rate was closely associated with the working years.The type of sharp injuries was closely associated with occupation.The proportion of reporting sharp injuries among doctors,nurses and nurse students was 38.57%,87.50% and 3.92%,respectively.The proportion of taking on gloves among doctors,nurses and nurse students was 88.0%,80.0% and 16.37% when they worked in contact with blood or body liquid.CONCLUSIONS The medical workers meet the danger of sharp injury.Nurse students and new medical workers have high incidence of the sharp injury,so they are high-risk subjects who should enhance their safeguard procedures.Thus,perfecting the operating protocols and standardizing the managements of occupational prevention and protection could reduce the sharp injuries rate.