Here is a thorough, pragmatic, hands-on guide to developing cost-effective and high-quality OR policies and procedures. Concise overviews spell out the need and purpose of every OR administrative and managerial task and down-to-earth blueprints take you through the steps necessary to accomplish tasks and maintain quality. The manual includes hundreds of pages of formatted material, proven through use by the leading surgical facilities that provided them ready to put to work.

Philosophy and organization of the operating room. Administrative guidelines. Employment practices. Health and safety practices. Review of the infectious process. Environmental sanitation. Introduction to principles of sterile technique. Guidelines for handling specific items. Surgical tray and table setups. Guidelines to equipment and special instruments in the operating room. Preliminary preparation of patient. Special techniques. Education.