A surgical technologist is a health professional who prepares an operating room (OR) before surgery. They’re a crucial part of a surgical care team, working alongside the surgeon, the surgeon’s ...

Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.

As doctors perform surgery, they have a solid support team around them in the operating room to ensure that procedures run smoothly. In fact, these medical professionals – who are known as surgical ...

The field of surgical robotics is evolving at a rapid pace, revolutionizing the way surgeries are performed and setting new standards for precision, efficiency and patient outcomes. As a leader in the ...

Evidence from observational studies that the use of surgical safety checklists results in striking improvements in surgical outcomes led to the rapid adoption of such checklists worldwide. However, ...

On October 29, 2020, Governor Wolf signed House Bill 81 into law, creating new minimum education and certification requirements for central service technicians and surgical technicians working in the ...

“Another significant step forward in advancing patient care” ...