LASER SCIENCE AND SAFETY FOR THE ASC
VIDEO TRAINING
CATEGORY: Technology & Medical Devices
TITLE: LASER SCIENCE AND SAFETY FOR THE ASC
Presented by: Karen Andersen, RN, BSN, MBA, LHRM, CPHRM, CRM
Moderator: Cathy Montgomery, RN, CASC
About the Presenter: Karen Anderson has 38 years of healthcare and management experience and has been a Licensed Healthcare Risk Manager since 1999. She is currently a Risk Specialist and Occupational Health Coordiantor of Employee Health for the Wuesthoff Medical Center of Rocklege, FL. Karen created the Healthcare Risk Management Consultants organization in 2005 and teaches the 120 Hour Healthcare Risk Management Pre-Licensure course for the State of Florida. Karen provides Healthcare Risk Management to all sorts of healthcare entities and especially to ambulatory surgery centers in Florida.
COURSE OUTLINE:
LASER SCIENCE
- What is a Laser?
- Electromagnetic spectrum and wavelengths
- Laser light properties
- Collimated
- Coherent
- Monochromatic
- Pulsed vs continuous emissions
- What happens when you turn on the laser key
- Laser Classes
LASER SAFETY
- Regulations and required training
- Laser Signs
- Laser Glasses
- Room access and safe perimeters
- Foot pedals
- Patient safety issues
- Non-beam hazards
LASER WAVELENGTHS AND HOW THEY ARE USED
- YAG
- CO2
- Holmium
- KTP
- Argon
- Excimer
- Pulsed Dye
- Helium Neon, Red laser diode
- Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
- Cold Lasers
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