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Patient Zero

A reminder that stories of the patients we serve compel us to act

December 20, 2018
Jonathan Coe, MS, CEO, Prescient Surgical, Inc.

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Advancing Tomorrow in the Operating Room of Today

Prescient Surgical CEO Jonathan Coe shares advice for surgeons committed to pursuing tomorrow’s innovations in today’s changing healthcare landscape

December 07, 2018
Jonathan Coe, MS, CEO, Prescient Surgical, Inc.

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The Solution to Pollution is Dilution

Dr. Charles Edmiston shares highlights from his article in Surgical Infections on intraoperative wound irrigation -- a "standard of practice" without a standard

November 07, 2018
Charles E. Edmiston, Jr., PhD, CIC, FIDSA, FSHEA, FAPIC, Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

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An Engineer's Sphere of Influence is the World

CleanCision has won several design awards this year for innovation. This post reveals a bit of the backstory behind its development and the iconic "toy" that inspired its design.

September 28, 2018
Jeremy Koehler, Director of Research and Development

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Do You Know Your Hospital’s True Surgical Site Infection Rate?

Reported SSI rates—whether from your own hospital, clinical literature, or national reporting—may be missing a significant portion of the actual SSIs that are occurring in patients following surgery.

August 02, 2018
Lisa Claude, Sr. Director of Clinical and Regulatory

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Leaving Incisions Open: Rethinking Common Wisdom on Surgical Site Infection Risk Reduction for Colorectal Surgery Patients

Do the benefits of leaving incisions open after colorectal surgery truly offset the pain and risk caused to patients? Dr. Insoo Suh, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Endocrine Surgery Section, University of California San Francisco, rethinks this common practice.

July 23, 2018
Insoo Suh, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Endocrine Surgery Section; Director of Research, Endocrine Surgical Oncology Lab at the University of California, San Francisco

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