Surgical Technology Resources on the Web

Organizations

• Occupational Outlook Handbook: Surgical Technologists
  This website describes the work of surgical technologists, as well as outlining job outlook and earnings potential.
  
  
• Occupational Safety & Health Administration
  This federal agency is charged with setting and enforcing safety standards for the workplace. The following are some safety and workplace topics that apply to the surgical setting:
  
  
  • Healthcare Facilities
  • Laser/Electrosugery Plume
  • Waste Anesthetic Gasses
    
    
  • OSHA Hospital E-Tool: Surgical Suite Module
    This web tool uses a graphical model of a surgery area. Click on the various objects in the room to get information about potential health and safety issues related to them.
    
    
• MedlinePlus: Surgery
  This page, part of the consumer-focused MedlinePlus service from the National Library of Medicine, has a wealth of authoritative, up-to-date information on a wide range of surgeries. Especially noteworthy are the sections on Latest News and the interactive patient tutorials.
  
  
• MedlinePlus: Videos of Surgical Procedures
  These videos, shared in cooperation with OR Live, show actual surgical procedures as they are being performed. These can be a useful way to get familiar with a wide range of surgical procedures.

Journals

• Full-text subscription databases.
  ACC subscribes to a number of magazine indexes for health science topics, including many with full-text articles available online. Some examples are CINAHL, Academic Search Premier and Health Reference Center - Academic.
  
  

• TDNet
  This is a service that allows you to search by title for journals available through most ACC subscription databases. Type a word or two from the journal titles (e.g., surgery or surgical) to get a list. Some available titles include:
  
  • Internet Journal of Surgery
  • Journal of Cardiac Surgery
  • Same-Day Sugery
  • Surgical Practice
  • Surgical Products
    
    
• All ACC Holdings in PubMed
  PubMed is the interface for the massive index of health science periodicals maintained by the National Library of Medicine. This search is limited to those items available at ACC or through ACC databases. Add the phrase "AND surg*" in the search box to limit to articles having to do with surgery.

For comments or questions about these resources, contact Steve Self
Updated 18 June 2008.