Table of Contents
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 3Kate Woodhead and Lesley Fudge
2 Preoperative Assessment 11Jane Jackson
3 Communication 23Libby Campbell
4 The Perioperative Environment 33Hazel Parkinson
Section 2 Infection Prevention in Perioperative Care 41
5 Infection Prevention 43Martin Kiernan
6 Introduction to Decontamination and Sterilisation 56Wayne Spencer
7 Wound Healing and Surgical Site Infection 70Melissa Rochon
Section 3 Patient Safety and Managing Risks in Perioperative Care 83
8 Preoperative Care 85Mark Radford and Ross Palmer
9 Anaesthetic Care 101Russell Chilton and Ross Thompson
10 Medicines Management 117Joanne Dickson
11 Fluid Replacement and Blood Transfusion 127Fiona Martin
12 Intraoperative Care 135Paul Rawling
13 Safer Moving and Handling and Patient Positioning 141Susan Pirie
14 Pressure Area Care and Tissue Viability 151Zena Moore
15 Thermoregulation 157Eileen Scott
16 Venous Thrombosis Prophylaxis 163Sue Bacon
17 Care of Surgical Instruments 171Jane Smith
18 Swab and Instrument Count 177Diane Gilmour
19 Care of Specimens 184Rosanne Macqueen
20 Managing High-Risk Equipment 190Chris Earl
21 Medical Imaging and Radiation 203Johnathan Hewis and Sarah Naylor
22 Death in the Perioperative Environment 213Kevin Henshaw
23 Postoperative Care 219Pat Smedley and Natalie Quine
24 Pain Management 239Felicia Cox
Section 4 Different Patient Care Groups 253
25 Neonatal Surgery 255Helen Carter
26 Paediatric Surgery 263Helen Carter
27 Care of the Adolescent in Surgery 271Liz McArthur
28 Care of the Elderly Patient 279Rita Hehir
29 Bariatric Surgery 285Saheba Iaciofano
30 Perioperative Care of the Pregnant Woman 293Adrienne Montgomery
Section 5 Different Approaches to Surgery 299
31 Key Principles of Laparoscopic Surgery 301Joanne Johnson
32 Key Principles of Endoscopic Surgery 308Louise Wall
Index 320