Innovation, People and
Practice Magazine
AfPP’s popular non-academic supplement to the Journal of Perioperative Practice
AfPP’s careers-focused publication, Innovation, People and Practice (IPP), is published 10 times a year and covers a variety of topics including news stories and information, special focus pieces, best practice items, wellbeing, competitions, education and training.
In line with our mission to support theatre practitioners throughout their entire careers, the IPP offers advice and guidance on how to deal with some of the most common operating theatre challenges.
The IPP is free of charge to AfPP members, non-members and perioperative professionals throughout the industry, in both print and digital formats.
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Latest Issue
Issue 50 – December 2024
The latest issue of The IPP is out now and available to read. Click the front cover to be taken to the virtual publication. Take a look below at some of the features from this current issue.
Talking Heads
Giles Farrington, Lead ODP for Critical Care at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sustainability
Royal College of Surgeons of England: Sustainability in the Operating Theatre
Practice
Perioperative fluid management strategies for adults undergoing major (non-cardiac) surgery: What does the evidence say?
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Past Issues
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Issue 49 – November 2024
Talking Heads
Lyndsey Bolton, Managing Director at Bolton Surgical
Education
Anterior resection syndrome: Reflections of a specialist nurse on the discussion we need to have before and after surgery
Practice
Future perioperative workflows@ Artificial Intelligence or Intelligent Augmentation?
Issue 48 – October 2024
Talking Heads
Nicola Rose, Divisional Director of Nursing for Planned Care at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital.
Spotlight
Elevating perioperative practice through integration of human factors: A call to action
Practice
Standard principles for preventing healthcare associated infections
Issue 47 – September 2024
Wellbeing
Who do you think you are?
Education
Safety and perioperative aspects in nurse-led flexible cystoscopy
Practice
Green Theatres. The work that needs to be done
Issue 46 – July 2024
Spotlight
The new Writers Specialist Interest Group
Education
Nurse-led ophthalmology: Perioperative prophylaxis of endophthalmitis at different stages of the intravitreal injection
Practice
Fundamentals of sharps injuries and a surgical care practitioner’s top tips
Issue 45 – June 2024
Wellbeing
The power of self belief: A prescription for success in medicine
Sustainability
The Green Surgery Report: What do they recommend?
Practice
Understanding and managing the risk of surgical plume: An ongoing overlooked occupational hazard
Issue 44 – May 2024
Talking Heads
Interview with Steve Benbow, Racing Driver Manager at Kilo One Nine
Case Study
Aseptic hand hygiene: The nail pick solution reducing single use plastic
Practice
Minimally invasive surgery: Key aspects in preoperative assessment
Issue 43 – April 2024
Talking Heads
Interview with Philippa Fox, UK Sales and Clinical Manager at CLS Surgical
Spotlight
‘If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write’
Education
End of life decisions and advance care planning in perioperative medicine
Issue 42 – March 2024
Wellbeing
Could you be disempowering yourself behind your own back?
Sustainability
Sustainable theatres: Injecting circularity into the operating theatre
Sustainability
The world is changing and medicine must keep up, including in the area of sustainability
Issue 41 – January 2024
Talking Heads
Interview with Wiestaw Brodaczewski, founder and CEO at Grena
Spotlight
The hybrid clinic: One step beyond
Practice
The need to have an Enhanced Postoperative Care Unit
Issue 40 – December 2023
Talking Heads
Interview with Shailen Soobhug. Advanced Clinial Practitioner
Spotlight
Behind the cover. Frank’s story
Practice
Managing swabs and sharps safely in the perioperative setting
Issue 39 – November 2023
Talking Heads
Interview with Dr Nadine Hachach-Haram, CEO and Founder of Proximie
Education
Core competencies for adult day surgery
Practice
Minimally invasive surgery: The Innovations and the need for further improvement
Issue 38 – October 2023
Talking Heads
Interview with Dr Basil Matta, Global Senior Director at Masimo International
Sustainability
Nikki Stroud on the National Green Theatres Programme
Practice
Single-use versus reusable surgical instruments. A comparison from a sustainability perspective
Issue 37 – September 2023
Talking Heads
Interview with Michael Bartholomew, OPD
Education
What is the Centre for Perioperative Care?
Practice
The significance of the accurate classification of surgical site infections on outcomes
