Vol. 31 No. 3 (2018)

Published: 01-09-2018

Editorials

Fundamentals of missed care: Implications for the perioperative environment

Associate Professor Nicholas Ralph

3–4
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Articles

Intestinal bacterial contamination of surgical instruments used for wound closure during intestinal surgery

Norihiro Kameda, Junko Nishio, Dr Toshiko Ogawa, Professor Shinobu Okada

13–20
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Prevalence and risk factors of low back pain and disability index among operating room nurses

Anita Kiruba Jeyakumar, Florence Segaran

21–24
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Pressure injury prevention for surgery: Results from a prospective, observational study in a tertiary hospital Implementing pressure injury prevention in a perioperative setting

Isabel Wang, Dr Rachel Walker, Professor Brigid M Gillespie

25–28
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Establishing a new cardiac surgery service in an Australian university hospital: Pitfalls and lessons learned Using change management to implement a new surgical service

Claudia Ciobanu, Dr Sharon Latimer, Professor Brigid M Gillespie

35–45
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Case studies

Private pain – identifying gaps in the management of chronic pain patients in private hospitals: A case study

Johanna Gale

29–33
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