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Sharing Best Practices and the Power of Getting It Right First Time
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It’s a busy day and the list is growing fast. You scrub in, check the instruments, balance the camera. Despite the chaos slowly mounting, everyone is aligned and moving together, defaulting to what…
Lights, Camera, Action! Behind the Scenes in Sterile Processing with Incision Academy
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The road opens up. An SUV packed with cameras and film lights roars past, kicking up a cloud of red dirt into the blazing afternoon sun. An intrepid team of Incision educators and filmmakers are…
Discover Incision Assist at the OR Manager Conference 2023
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Just in time for the much-anticipated OR Manager Conference in Nashville, we’re delighted to announce the release of a brand-new Incision white paper! In it, we present some of the latest insights…
Bridging the Gap: The Vital Role of Communication and Technology in the Operating Room
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In the fast-paced and high-stakes environment of the operating room (OR), the synergy between effective communication and cutting-edge technology is nothing short of vital. As healthcare…
Enhancing Sterile Processing through Education and Training
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Sterile processing professionals are the unsung heroes behind the scenes in healthcare facilities, ensuring that medical instruments and equipment are properly decontaminated, and sterilized. To…
Emerging Technologies in Sterile Processing: Revolutionizing Healthcare Sterilization
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Sterile processing is a crucial component of healthcare facilities that plays a significant role in preventing infections and ensuring patient safety. It involves the cleaning, disinfecting, and…
Tackling Waste in Sterile Processing: Promoting Sustainability and Efficiency
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Sterile processing plays a vital role in healthcare facilities, ensuring that medical equipment and instruments are free from harmful microorganisms. While maintaining patient safety is paramount, it…
The Vital Role of the Sterile Processing Department in Healthcare
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Within the complex and fast-paced world of healthcare, patient safety and infection control are of paramount importance. Behind the scenes, the Sterile Processing Department (SPD) plays a crucial…
Building high-performing OR Teams with ‘Moments-of-Need’
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How can OR teams become high-performing teams? The OR can be a hectic place, with complex patient cases. How can you make sure that everybody in the team can be a top performer? Challenges in surgery…
Incision Academy: Revolutionising Surgical Education and Training in the UK
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Undergraduate surgical education in the UK faces significant challenges in preparing perioperative students for the operating theatre, further exacerbated by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.…
New high-impact app for operating theatre teams
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The operating theatre represents a complex environment where multiple team processes interact every day to achieve a highly coordinated and consistent outcome. Successful team wide interactions, in…
Revolutionize Your Sterile Processing Training and Orientation with Incision Academy
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Our standards-based online program is built to support new SP professionals in developing the competence and confidence they need, right from the start. What is the Incision Academy Sterile…
Transform Sterile Processing Onboarding with Incision Academy
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We are tuning-up to showcase a brand new Incision program to an esteemed audience at the 2023 Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA) Annual Conference in Nashville. In this blog post, we…
Incision Academy courses now qualify for CME points
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To celebrate the continued collaboration between Incision and the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI), we are offering ASGBI members free access to 13 endorsed courses…
How digital tools can advance surgical performance
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CSJ spoke to Charles Pallandt, chief commercial officer at Incision, to find out how digital tools for education and training could support operating theatre teams to improve performance, reduce…
Incision is exhibiting at HIMSS 23
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Incision is exhibiting at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) event next week from 17-21 April in Chicago! Are you tired of wasting precious time in the operating room?…
Incision has launched the Sterile Processing Program at AORN
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Incision has launched the Central Sterile Processing Program at AORN The past few weeks have been a blast! We celebrated the successful launch of our new Sterile Processing Program at AORN 2023. In…
ASGBI endorsement 2022
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Incision general surgery portfolio endorsed by ASGBI We are delighted to announce that Incision’s general surgery portfolio is endorsed by the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland…
Steps Performed by the Surgical Team in Post Operative Care
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What is post operative care? At the end of a surgical procedure, there are a number of tasks to be performed by the surgical team in post operative care, such as: Wound dressing Specimen handling…
Patient positioning in the operating room
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How to position a patient? Safe positioning of the patient for surgery in the operating room is the shared responsibility of the surgeon, anesthetist and OR nurses. Although the ultimate objective is…
Operating Room Instruments: Handling and Use of Surgical Instruments
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Operating room instruments are the basic tools that are used in surgery. Examples are: Needles Blades Gauzes Diathermy Retractors Scalpel holders Scissors Forceps Clamps Needle drivers Large Clamps…
Operating Room Staff Roles and Responsibilities (in the US)
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Everyone of the surgical team holds a crucial staff role during the procedure in the operating room. The operating team members usually consist of sterile and unsterile divisions. The surgeon,…
Digital Guide to the Operating Room
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When a surgical procedure is required the patient's care will be initiated by the operating room (OR) staff or surgical team. The responsibility of the operating room staff is to provide care and…
Digital training and performance support: The future of ‘on and off’ the job training
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Keeping up to date with the latest knowledge, skills and technological changes in the operating theatre can be a tough challenge. With limited time for further training, surgical professionals are…
Five Tips for Perioperative Team Retention in the Face of a Growing Workforce Shortage
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If you are a manager in a healthcare organization then chances are, at some point, you will be worried about losing staff. Staff turnover is not only disruptive but can be hugely expensive in terms…
What is new in Incision Assist v1.0.8
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We love our customers so it’s always a good feeling when we release a new update for our app. Through every update we try to bring more excitement, more interesting features, and more ways that can…
Zorgpersoneel behouden doe je zo: 5 tips voor OK-managers
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Het tekort aan zorgpersoneel loopt snel op, kopt loops Het gebrek aan verpleegkundigen, ouderenverzorgers en andere zorgmedewerkers zal in 2031 bijna drie keer zo groot zijn als nu. Dat blijkt uit…
Green dreams: how anesthesia influences the sustainability of your OR
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When thinking about sustainable healthcare, anesthesia is probably not the first thing that comes to mind. But together with energy use and waste creation, it’s the largest contributing factor to the…
Disposable versus reusable: have we gone too far?
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Nowadays, we live in a throw-away culture. In our daily life we use a lot of disposable products: coffee cups, water bottles, take-out containers. How many disposable products have you used today?…
Improve performance in the OR with Incision Assist
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Incision, a platform for improving surgical performance and online training, is thrilled to announce the launch of Incision Assist — a Companion App designed to improve team performance in the…
Interview met Sjanine Vink, teamleider OK bij AVL
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Deze maand praten we met Sjanine van het AVL over hoe haar OK team werkt met Incision. Even voorstellen... Ik ben Sjanine Vink, 40 jaar en teamleider op de operatieafdeling van het Antoni van…
NVAM accrediteert Incision's e-learning portfolio voor anesthesiemedewerkers
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Vandaag kondigt Incision, een chirurgisch platform voor leren en presteren, met trots aan dat het e-learning portfolio voor anesthesiemedewerkers is geaccrediteerd door de NVAM. Het portfolio bevat…
Annoyed by how much waste you’re creating in the OR? Reduce!
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Greening waste created in the OR is most efficient when following the 3R-principle: reduce, reuse, recycle. In my previous blogpost, I listed some simple steps you can take to start with recycling.…
Incision acquires interactive content from ‘OK Learning’
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Incision, a platform for surgical performance and online training, is expanding its platform by acquiring OK Learning, a company that supports perioperative practitioners in developing their…
AfPP launches Summer School with Incision
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The Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP) and Incision are pleased to announce their partnership to support the ongoing education and training of all AfPP members. In this educational…
Incision partners with ASGBI to enhance surgical learning
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Incision and The Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI) are delighted to announce a new collaboration to promote education and enhance surgical learning. Members of the AGBI…
The most impactful thing you can do to lower CO2 emissions of your OR
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There are many things you can change in your OR to make it more sustainable (as is evident from the previous blog post, listing 10 (!) things you can do to green your OR). But what is the most…
Grootste e-learning portfolio voor Kwaliteitsregister voor operatieasistenten
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De Accreditatieraad van het Kwaliteitsregister voor operatieassistenten erkent Incision voor de kwalitatieve chirurgische content voor de training en scholing van operatieassistenten. Amsterdam,…
A quick guide to get the most out of recycling in the OR
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Oftentimes, the first thing people tell me when I ask about the sustainability of their OR, is whether or not they recycle their waste. Because most people recycle their waste at home, it feels like…
Incision secures €5M funding for new services for its users
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On 27 May, 2021, Incision received €5M funding in the latest investment round from SHS and Rubio Impact Ventures. The two new investors will support Incision’s mission to become the leading platform…
Black belt in the OR?
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Lean management has been used in many industries to improve performance. But how about the operating room? Given all its challenges, would that not be a great place to send in a Lean Six Sigma Black…
10 concrete steps to make your OR more sustainable
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Going green and sustainable in the Operating Room (OR) is a challenge for many surgeons, nurses, and other medical professionals. In fact, based on recent research published at the National Institute…
Incision acquires educational quiz app ‘Snijgerei’
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Incision is proud to announce that it has acquired the educational app ‘Snijgerei’ in order to improve its surgical training and performance platform, by adding interactive, gamification content. The…
Medical professionals from over 100 institutions in UK registered for the free COVID-19 courses
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Incision Academy is a fast-growing surgical e-learning platform from Amsterdam, accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Amsterdam, The Netherlands Today, Incision announced they have…
Incision is partnering with Surgicon
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Incision and Surgicon have partnered because we both believe in sharing high quality surgical skills. Surgicon is a global network of distinguished leaders from all surgical specialities, working for…
LVO & Incision gaan samenwerken
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De Landelijke Vereniging van Operatieassistenten (LVO) en Incision gaan samenwerken om de training en scholing van operatieassistenten te voorzien van kwalitatieve, chirurgische content. Vandaag…
AI for surgical education: a call to test our new Strava-for-Surgeons
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We’re making great progress in using AI for surgical education. This blog will give you an update on our video assessment work, and if you’re up for it we will invite you to test our new features!…
Case study: The Wenckebach Institute
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The Wenckebach Institute (WIOO) focuses on the development, education and training of all healthcare professionals. WIOO facilitates a work-experience learning environment and is part of the…
Anatomy and surgery; inseparably linked
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A doctor in training for a surgical discipline may only perform surgery on a patient once they have attained a sound understanding of a procedure followed by practical exercises in a skills center.…
Employee close-up: Marian Scheer, MD/PhD and Chief Medical Officer
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Could you tell us a little bit about yourself? After finishing my surgical residency, I aspired to a function beyond the borders of the hospital in which my surgical knowledge could be useful. The…
Case Study: Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)
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The LUMC is a well-known academic hospital in the Netherlands. They believe and invest in the interactive interplay between teaching, research and patient care. Doing so, they play a leading role in…
4 Reasons Why Surgical Outcomes Vary
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The chance that you require surgery at some point in your life is quite high (on average, people receive surgery about 9 times). Intense moments in the lives of patients, and an activity that…
Improving surgeons’ performance with AI
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I recently read an article about the concept of coaching in surgery that was published by Atul Gawande in 2011. In this article, Gawande, who is surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston,…
API for the OR, in 5 steps
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From a ‘Blackbox’ to ‘Best practice sharing’ The vast majority of surgeries is not standardised. For some procedures, guidelines or protocols are available. But mostly it’s up to the surgeon and its…