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OPERATING THEATRE TECHNIQUE by
Raymond J . Brigden, S.R.N.,
580 pages, Edinburgh and London,
E. & S. Livingstone Limited, 1962.
Price: $14.50. Available from
The Williams & Wilkins Company,
Baltimore 2, Maryland.
This book is designed to be used as a text-
book for nurses, technicians, medical stu-
dents, house surgeons and others associated
with the Operating Theatre. The author is
the Department Theatre Charge Nurse of the
Orthopaedic and Accident Departments, Cov-
entry, England.
The content, comprised of 30 chapters,
deals with many phases of operating room
work. The first chapters give an overall view
of the physical layout and design of a theatre
unit. Safe practices pertaining to an oper-
ating room are examined in the middle
portion of the book. The greatest number
of chapters, however, are devoted to the
surgical procedures used in many types of
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operations. A few references are listed for
May-June 1963
each chapter; the majority are books and
periodicals published in England.
The book is written in great detail and
in certain instances includes information
which is not pertinent. For example, the
author gives technical information using
diagrams and lengthy explanations for the
maintenance and use of electrical equipment.
The necessity of this type of information,
in such a book, is questionable. The chapter
on sterilization is not all inclusive. Some
methods discussed are outmoded; others are
not consistent with modern technical ad-
vances.
The section on radioactive materials,
which may not always be found in a text-
book of this kind, is comprehensive and en-
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lightening. The subject on static electricity covering the subject matter in great detail.
is discussed at length. This information is There is no mention of open heart surgery
very valuable. nor is pediatrics discussed except for limited
The general format for the chapters on treatment in the section on cardiovascular
Operative Procedures gives the type of oper- surgery.

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ation, a short definition, the position most The author has presented a thorough and

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frequently used, and a brief outline of proce- comprehensive guide in operating room tech-
dure. The all inclusive treatment of instru- niques, applicable for use as a reference and
ments in these chapters, as well as in the textbook.

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supplemental listing of general and specialty
instruments shown in Appendix 11, are ex- Frances E. Reeser, R.N.
tremely useful as reference material. In this Operating Room Supervisor
section on operative procedures, the author Bronx Veterans' Hospital
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Reference (1) Spruldinn, E . H.: Chemlcal Dlsinfeciion. Presented at SetOn Hall College of Medicine and Dentistry. Jersey City, N. 1.. April 1. 1958.
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