Brian W Skellie – Sharing ideas
Ever wonder why we get different results when we search for the same thing? I don’t think it is a glass half empty/half full thing. It seems evident that the internet is serving as both the library and news journal for many of us, and that our machine personalized search results from Google, Yahoo, Bing and the rest are skewed in different ways. This has been apparent on Facebook as well, perhaps in a more obvious way when some of our friends’ disappeared from our news feeds.
Here is a glimpse of a few piercings I performed during an exhibition for colleagues in New England. I enjoy sharing ideas and techniques with my peers. Let me know what you think.
My goal is an atraumatic aseptic technique: Primum non nocere
All of these piercings were performed without clamps using the STATIM 2000 autoclave, sterilized single use equipment, sterile nitrile gloves, and the titanium jewelry was anodized with the Reactive Metals Micro anodizer.
Over the years I’ve collected images to witness some of the unsafe jewelry found on the market. Here are a few I hope will be educational to help avoid future problems.
We all know how important washing your hands can be- this guide can serve as a helpful review
It is well founded to wear a mask during your procedures for your clients safety and your own.
A little more about face masks: they were designed to protect the patient from the healthcare practitioner, not the other way around
Here is a delightful video about pioneer of microbiology Van Leeuwenhoek. I had come across a Stop-motion Lego documentary about great microbiologists on Boing Boing, and just found it again in the Brickfilms archive. Great Microbiologists Watch now ? Brickfilm Archive Directed by Joshua Leasure Released May 18, 2003 Starring Joshua Leasure, Stefan van Zwam, Loïc Desjardins Genre Educational, Comedy Running time 8:43 … Read more
An educational overview of some of the important historical steps forward in infection control and sterilization
via Case Medical Inc. CASE ACADEMY ONLINE DESCRIPTION DOWNLOAD BASICS OF DECONTAMINATION – TUTORIAL CASDF001 BASICS OF DECONTAMINATION GLOSSARY CASDF001g BASICS OF DECONTAMINATION POST-TEST ANSWER KEY CASDF001a BASICS OF PACKAGING – TUTORIAL CASDF002 BASICS OF PACKAGING GLOSSARY CASDF002g BASICS OF PACKAGING POST-TEST ANSWER KEY CASDF002a BASICS OF STERILIZATION – TUTORIAL CASDF003 BASICS OF STERILIZATION – GLOSSARY … Read more
