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Volume 16 - Issue 6 - June, 2008

Is Sterile Technique Vital in the Cath Lab?
07/30/2008
Alnettia W. Johnson, RCIS
The concept of asepsis, or the prevention of microbial contamination, evolved with the development of sterilization. Surgeons learned that all things that come in contact with a wound should be sterile. Following the development of...
The concept of asepsis, or the prevention of microbial contamination, evolved with the development of sterilization. Surgeons learned that all things that come in contact with a wound should be sterile. Following the development of...
The concept of asepsis, or the...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
The Ten-Minute Interview with… Yvonne B. Singletary, RN, BS, RCIS, CCRN, CVRN
07/30/2008
Yvonne B. Singletary, RN, BS, RCIS, CCRN, CVRN
I have been a registered nurse for 34 years. The first 15 years of my career were spent in high-risk obstetrics. I have worked in the cardiac cath lab for the past 18 years, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in Houston, Texas, working in...
I have been a registered nurse for 34 years. The first 15 years of my career were spent in high-risk obstetrics. I have worked in the cardiac cath lab for the past 18 years, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in Houston, Texas, working in...
I have been a registered nurse...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Safeguard™ Manual Assist Technique: The SMAT Study
07/30/2008
Anthony Roberts, RN, MBA, MSN, CCRN; John Collins, MD; Edward Harlamert, MD; Judy Champion, CCRN, RN; Karen Cronin, RN, CCRN; Jamie Avram, BSN, RN; Colleen Reou, RN; Kathleen Mostek, CCRC, RN
Introduction Femoral sheath removal is generally a nursing responsibility in many acute and critical care settings. Protocols and physician orders for duration of bedrest and manual compression vary widely across and within health care...
Introduction Femoral sheath removal is generally a nursing responsibility in many acute and critical care settings. Protocols and physician orders for duration of bedrest and manual compression vary widely across and within health care...
Introduction Femoral sheath...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Infographic
Jun-08
07/30/2008
GE Healthcare Nets FDA Clearance for High-Definition LightSpeed CT ScannerThe FDA has granted GE Healthcare 510(k) clearance for its LightSpeed CT750 HD, a high-definition CT scanner. The system debuted at RSNA 2007 in November 2007. The...
GE Healthcare Nets FDA Clearance for High-Definition LightSpeed CT ScannerThe FDA has granted GE Healthcare 510(k) clearance for its LightSpeed CT750 HD, a high-definition CT scanner. The system debuted at RSNA 2007 in November 2007. The...
GE Healthcare Nets FDA Clearance...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Bioabsorbable Stents: “Patients want it, and it works”
07/30/2008
John A. Ormiston, MB, MD, MBChB
Can you describe the bioabsorbable stent used in the ABSORB trial? This bioabsorbable stent has struts made of polylactic acid and an additional polylactic acid coating contains the anti-proliferative drug everolimus. Everolimus is also used...
Can you describe the bioabsorbable stent used in the ABSORB trial? This bioabsorbable stent has struts made of polylactic acid and an additional polylactic acid coating contains the anti-proliferative drug everolimus. Everolimus is also used...
Can you describe the...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Thrombus Aspiration as Definitive Mechanical Intervention for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Report of Five Cases
07/30/2008
Marieke L. Fokkema; Pieter J. Vlaar, MSc; Tone Svilaas, MD
The primary goal of treatment in patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is reperfusion of the infarcted myocardium. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has emerged as preferred reperfusion therapy for STEMI.1...
The primary goal of treatment in patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is reperfusion of the infarcted myocardium. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has emerged as preferred reperfusion therapy for STEMI.1...
The primary goal of treatment in...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Qualified Candidates: Do They Really Meet the Expectations?
07/30/2008
Kevin L. Miracle, MBA, EMT-P
Recruiting qualified candidates for healthcare organizations poses several significant challenges. The first is directly related to today’s technologically savvy workers who prefer to use the World Wide Web as the primary means for conducting...
Recruiting qualified candidates for healthcare organizations poses several significant challenges. The first is directly related to today’s technologically savvy workers who prefer to use the World Wide Web as the primary means for conducting...
Recruiting qualified candidates...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Ask the Clinical Instructor
07/30/2008
Todd Ginapp, EMT-P, RCIS, FSICP
“We have some physicians that do unusual things when trying to analyze valves. What is the correct way?” — RCIS Online studentPart III. In our third and final article in this series, we will touch on valve interventions that can be done in...
“We have some physicians that do unusual things when trying to analyze valves. What is the correct way?” — RCIS Online studentPart III. In our third and final article in this series, we will touch on valve interventions that can be done in...
“We have some physicians that do...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Meeting updateCath Lab Basics ’08
07/30/2008
Neil E. Holtz, BS , RCIS, EMT-P, CVT; Nicole Geiger, RCIS, AS; Dereck Carver, RCIS, AS; Deborah Curl, RN, BSN, CVT; Chuck Williams, BS, RCSA, RCIS, RT, CPFT, CCT; Phyllis C. Williams, RCSA, RN, CEN, TCCN, ASN, CVT; Pattie Freschett, RCSA, RN, BSN, BBA, CVT
Cath Lab Basics, a CE Live meeting, took place April 26, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia. Check www.naccme.com for more locations and dates. Dr. Morton Kern, Professor of Medicine and Associate Chief, Department of Cardiology, University of...
Cath Lab Basics, a CE Live meeting, took place April 26, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia. Check www.naccme.com for more locations and dates. Dr. Morton Kern, Professor of Medicine and Associate Chief, Department of Cardiology, University of...
Cath Lab Basics, a CE Live...
07/30/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Installing a Hospital Video Network — Implementation of a Custom Design in the Cardiac Cath Lab and OR
07/30/2008
Phil G. Regas, RCIS, RRT, CPFT, FSICP, MSM, FACHE
With today’s often urgent need to both communicate and gain access to information, more and more healthcare providers and agencies want to be able to distribute data and information in sophisticated ways. While the business and social...
With today’s often urgent need to both communicate and gain access to information, more and more healthcare providers and agencies want to be able to distribute data and information in sophisticated ways. While the business and social...
With today’s often urgent need...
07/30/2008
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