Manual of Perioperative Care is a comprehensive manual of principles of care designed to support the clinical practice of perioperative practitioners, whether they are nurses or operating department practitioners.
Manual of Perioperative Care is a comprehensive manual of principles of care designed to support the clinical practice of perioperative practitioners, whether they are nurses or operating department practitioners.
Kate Woodhead runs a Healthcare Consultancy business specialising in the perioperative field. She is a former President of the International Federation of Perioperative Nurses (2002-2006), and between 1998-2001 served as National Association of Theatre Nurses, Chairman. Lesley Fudge is an Independent Consultant and past National Secretary of AfPP (formerly NATN) and is the Vice Chairman of the Latex Allergy Support Group. She was also a co-founder and past CEO of Friends of African Nursing and served as Treasurer of the International Federation of Perioperative Nurses.
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About the Editors viii
Contributors ix
Foreword 1 Jane H. Reid xv
Foreword 2 Professor Lord Ara Darzi xvii
Section 1 Foundation for Safe Perioperative Care 1
1 The Context of Perioperative Care 3 Kate Woodhead and Lesley Fudge
2 Preoperative Assessment 11 Jane Jackson
3 Communication 23 Libby Campbell
4 The Perioperative Environment 33 Hazel Parkinson
Section 2 Infection Prevention in Perioperative Care 41
5 Infection Prevention 43 Martin Kiernan
6 Introduction to Decontamination and Sterilisation 56 Wayne Spencer
7 Wound Healing and Surgical Site Infection 70 Melissa Rochon
Section 3 Patient Safety and Managing Risks in Perioperative Care 83
8 Preoperative Care 85 Mark Radford and Ross Palmer
9 Anaesthetic Care 101 Russell Chilton and Ross Thompson
10 Medicines Management 117 Joanne Dickson
11 Fluid Replacement and Blood Transfusion 127 Fiona Martin
12 Intraoperative Care 135 Paul Rawling
13 Safer Moving and Handling and Patient Positioning 141 Susan Pirie
14 Pressure Area Care and Tissue Viability 151 Zena Moore
15 Thermoregulation 157 Eileen Scott
16 Venous Thrombosis Prophylaxis 163 Sue Bacon
17 Care of Surgical Instruments 171 Jane Smith
18 Swab and Instrument Count 177 Diane Gilmour
19 Care of Specimens 184 Rosanne Macqueen
20 Managing High-Risk Equipment 190 Chris Earl
21 Medical Imaging and Radiation 203 Johnathan Hewis and Sarah Naylor
22 Death in the Perioperative Environment 213 Kevin Henshaw
23 Postoperative Care 219 Pat Smedley and Natalie Quine
24 Pain Management 239 Felicia Cox
Section 4 Different Patient Care Groups 253
25 Neonatal Surgery 255 Helen Carter
26 Paediatric Surgery 263 Helen Carter
27 Care of the Adolescent in Surgery 271 Liz McArthur
28 Care of the Elderly Patient 279 Rita Hehir
29 Bariatric Surgery 285 Saheba Iaciofano
30 Perioperative Care of the Pregnant Woman 293 Adrienne Montgomery
Section 5 Different Approaches to Surgery 299
31 Key Principles of Laparoscopic Surgery 301 Joanne Johnson
32 Key Principles of Endoscopic Surgery 308 Louise Wall
