Click the images above to find websites in each category!

HEALTHCARE OVERVIEWS

• MEDLINE Plus - National Library of Medicine's site. Includes medical encyclopedia, directories, dictionary, drug information, surgery videos and links to reputable web sites on diseases and conditions. Scroll to the right side of page for Spanish version.
• Medscape - News, drug info, nurses resource center. Free registration required.
• Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy - for healthcare professionals
• PubMed Health -Contains easy to read summaries of medical reviews, guidelines,  and clinical effectiveness research
• User's Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web (M.L.A.)
• Evaluating Health Information from Medline Plus

SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY

• 2014 CST Examination References (from NBSTSA.org)
• ASC Review - Ambulatory Surgery Centers industry news
• AST Standards of Practice
• Certified Surgical Technologist Exam - Content Outline - 2014
• NBSTSA (National Board of Surgical Technology & Surgical Assisting)
• OSHA Hospital e-tool: surgical suite
• Surgical Technologist journal (newest issue)
• Surgical Technologist - CE Articles (scroll down)
• AORN Clinical Practices (contains position statements, prevention of sentinel events)
• WebSurg - World Electronic Book of Surgery: Laparoscopic instruments (video)
• WebSurg - Laparoscopic appendectomy instruments

VIDEOS OF SURGERY

• OR Live Videos
• Videos of Surgical Procedures (from MedlinePlus)
• Cardiothoracic Surgery Videos (from USC)
• Spine Universe Surgical Videos
• WebSurg.com (videos of minimally-invasive surgery -free, but must register)

SURGICAL INSTRUMENT PROCESSING

• IAHSCMM
• Infection Control Today magazine
• Joint Commission
• WebSurg - World Electronic Book of Surgery: Laparoscopic instruments(video)
• WebSurg - Laparoscopic appendectomy instruments