The OTJ March 2023
In depth coverage of this month’s surgical and anaesthetic news.
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Digital Edition Highlights:
NHS Scotland First in World to โclean upโ Anaesthetic Gases
New Standards to Improve the Safety of Invasive Procedures in the NHS
Researchers Suggest Novel Cutpoints for Diagnosing Cardiac Hypertrophy in Adolescents and Young Adults
25in25 Summit: 45 Health Organisations Unite to Sign Declaration to Save Thousands of Lives by Focusing on Reducing Heart Failure Deaths
A Reflection on My Learning as an Individual and as Part of a Team on Placement
NHS Patients Targeted to Reduce Risks as they Wait for Hospital Treatment
Win a Set of 20 Adult Intubation & Safety Checklist Cards

Latest News
Vanguard Offers a Viewing of its New Mobile Operating Theatre and Insight into its Rapid Provision of Healthcare Spaces
Vanguard Healthcare Solutions, the UKโs leading provider of flexible clinical infrastructure, is hosting an information event for healthcare professionals which will offer a tour of one of its new mobile…
SIME Begins Clinical Trial Validating Point-of-care Device that Rapidly Predicts Neonatal Respiratory Disease at Birth in the NICU
The FAST 2 (Fourier-transform Infrared Spectroscopy guided Surfactant Therapy) trial begins in 4 Danish University Hospitals to validate performance of innovative point-of-care (POC) device SIME Diagnostics, a pioneer in point-of-care…
Medical Malpractice
In claims against medical professionals the system remains under pressure and our general prediction is that everything will take longer and claims will cost more to resolve. The Fixed Recoverable…
Ten Years After the Francis Inquiry Report: Will we ever learn?
Have lessons been learned in the decade since the Francis Report explored major failures of care at Stafford Hospital that led to unnecessary patient deaths. It is 10 years since…
New Strategy to Boost NHS Access to Innovative Medical Technology
The medical technology strategy will ensure patients can access safe, effective and innovative equipment and medical devices. Patients across the UK are set to benefit from access to safe, effective…
Latest Study Days
Human Factors & Patient Safety Webinar
3rd May 2023 12:00 โ 13:30 Human Factors principles aim to understand the โfitโ between an employee, their equipment and the surrounding environment, which can include learning styles, behaviours and…
Perioperative Care Practitioners Intraoperative Non-Technical Skills (PINTS)
13 September 2023 – Edinburgh This one-day course enables perioperative care practitioners (PCPs) and surgical first assistants (SFAs) to improve their intra-operative performance and help them observe and rate intra-operative…
Perioperative Care Practitioners Intraoperative Non-Technical Skills (PINTS)
17 May 2023 – Birmingham This one-day course enables perioperative care practitioners (PCPs) and surgical first assistants (SFAs) to improve their intra-operative performance and help them observe and rate intra-operative…
Featured Article
Sam Parry Joins Bender UK as the Key Accounts and Clinical Sales Manager
After three and a half years of working in healthcare sales for Europe, Sam was keen to return to Bender UK to support the substantial growth within the UK healthcare sector. In his new role, Sam will be working closely with valued partners to supply the latest operating room technology to NHS and private hospitals...
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Previa Medical Raises โฌ2.1 million for AI Solution to Prevent Sepsis
Seed funding to initiate trial of SEPSI-SCOREยฉ solution in hospital settings, demonstrating platform’s potential to reduce length of inpatient stays and increase patient survival rates Lyon, France, February 16, 2023 โ Previa Medical, a deeptech start-up specialized in developing predictive medical devices for alerting healthcare providers to the risk of potential complications, today announces it has...
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Surgical Holdings Welcomes Publication of โGreen Theatre Checklistโ to Reduce Carbon Footprint of surgery
Surgical Holdings has welcomed the publication of the Green Theatre Checklist ahead of their attendance at the Operating Theatres Conference in Manchester. The compendium โ produced by the Royal Surgical Collegesโ โ intends to support members of the surgical team to apply the principles of sustainable quality improvement in healthcare. It includes a set of...