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Optimising Complex Surgical Trays Based on PDSA Cycles
Objective: To investigate the application of a multidisciplinary collaboration model to optimise the configuration management of orthopaedic external device sets in general hospitals. Methods: A pretest-post-test study design was used. Sixty patients who underwent unilateral total knee arthroplasty and 60 patients who underwent posterior lumbar interbody fusion between March and May 2022 were recruited as the control stage. Additionally, a total of 120 patients, 60 of each, who underwent the two procedures between September and November 2022, were recruited as the experimental stage. For the control stage, conventional external equipment management was used, and for the experimental stage, an external device management programme was implemented based on multidisciplinary collaboration with the control stage. Based on the PDSA cycle, the configuration management of orthopaedic external device sets was optimised, and the differences in collating and counting external devices, nurses' overtime in the external device stage and orthopaedic surgeon satisfaction were compared between the two stages. Results: Compared with the control stage, the collation count took less time (8.65 [+ or -] 0.25 min vs 5.37 [+ or -] 0.13 min; 13.55 [+ or -] 1.10 min vs 7.85 [+ or -] 0.82 min), the number of overtime hours was shorter (175.80 [+ or -] 12.19 min vs 96.68 [+ or -] 13.66 min) and orthopaedic surgeon satisfaction was improved (4.58 [+ or -] 0.62 vs 4.10 [+ or -] 0.68; 4.33 [+ or -] 0.73 vs 3.87 [+ or -] 0.77; 4.20 [+ or -] 0.71 vs 3.82 [+ or -] 0.71; 4.12 [+ or -] 0.69 vs 3.87 [+ or -] 0.72; 4.05 [+ or -] 0.68 vs 3.79 [+ or -] 0.68) in the experimental stage (all P < 0.05). Conclusion: Multidisciplinary collaboration offers various benefits for optimising the configuration of external device sets, such as reducing the time taken for the preoperative sorting and counting of external devices, enhancing nurses' work efficiency and improving surgeons' job satisfaction; therefore, it is worthy of reference in clinical practice. Keywords: operating theatre, optimisation configuration, external instruments, item counting, scientific management, work efficiency
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An analysis of patents for anesthetic laryngoscopes
The anesthetic laryngoscope is one of the most popular medical tools for obtaining a clear view of the larynx and facilitates tracheal intubation. The number of anesthetic laryngoscope patents, coming mainly from the anesthesiologists, has rapidly increased. Each product has a specialized use for particular patients. However, it is unclear to what extent anesthetic laryngoscopy gained acceptance in operating theaters. By retrieving patent data for more than 90 countries from the Online Retrieval of Bibliographic Information Time-share (ORBIT) system, we reviewed the anesthetic laryngoscope patent literature published before July 6, 2015, and manually analyzed patent status, general development trends, areas of competition, technology patentees, and technology classifications. The study showed that the number of anesthetic laryngoscope patent applications has stayed at a high level in the last decade. Most patent activity was carried out in the USA, with China and a number of European countries trailing behind. In addition, the patent analysis provided an opportunity to understand the trends in the development of anesthetic laryngoscope technology, to identify shortcomings in clinical use of anesthetic laryngoscopes, to assist medical manufacturing specialists in improving the design and products, and to suggest to anesthesiologists modifications of the clinical signs of difficult tracheal intubation based on the new commercial anesthetic laryngoscopes applied in the front-line.
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Will Godot Come by Bus or Through a Trace?
\"THE BUS-STOP, written by Gao Xingjian and performed by The People's Art Theater of Beijing, is a Chinese lyrical comedy that emerged with a group of experimental plays in Beijing in the early 1980s. The play creates a bizarre situation of waiting, and its resemblance to Samuel Beckett's WAITING FOR GODOT was pointed out by certain Chinese critics soon after its premiere.\" (MODERN DRAMA) Xingjian's THE BUS-STOP and Beckett's WAITING FOR GODOT are compared and contrasted.
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Screen Scroll
\"The experimental performance Ping Feng ('Screen'), directed by visual-arts wizard Wang Jianwei, created a frenzied buzz throughout Beijing's [China] theatrical circles even before it hit the stage. Incorporating virtually every avant-garde technique--including video projection, puppetry, opaque screens, electronic music and on-stage videotaping--the play is based on one of the masterpieces of Chinese art, the Southern Tang scroll painting Han Xizai Gives a Banquet. The resulting performance abandons simple storytelling in favour of a visually dazzling work that uses an array of multimedia methods to rethink history.\" (Far Eastern Economic Review) Wang's avant-garde performance piece Ping Feng, which \"presents a traditional allegory about the inherited forms of human interaction and social control that exist at the heart of contemporary Chinese society,\" is profiled.
Magazine Article
A Place to Think
This examination of contemporary China's theatre culture probes \"the problems plaguing modern Chinese theatre today: Commercialism vs. art; the ambitions of individual artists vs. the collective interest, and modern values vs. traditional ethics...[T]his is a uniquely exciting time to be working in Chinese theatre. More and more plays are being staged in major cities like Beijing and Shanghai...and they're addressing subjects of real concern to today's China.\" (Far Eastern Economic Review) The themes, development and success of several Chinese plays are featured.
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Arrested Artistry
When the Grand Theatre opens its doors to the public for the first time at the end of August, world attention will focus on Shanghai's re- emergence as China's cultural hub. The futuristic, foreign look of the white steel and glass marvel, designed by French architects, is meant to symbolize Shanghai's cultural renaissance.
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