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Surgical team at workTechnic: The Journal of Operating Department Practice is published every other month.

The journal aims to inform and inspire ODPs and colleagues in the pursuit of excellence in perioperative care.

CODP members can access full-issue pdfs, page-turning versions and pdfs of individual articles from journals since November 2009.

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Older journals.  You can download the full issues of all journals since 2003. 

In addition, members can download full issues from March 2003 to September 2009.

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Current issue: January 2012 Volume 3 Number 1

September 2011 Volume 2 Issue 5

January 2012 Volume 3 Issue 1 download full issue or access a page-turning version, or download individual articles below

1 Editorial
Meeting the needs of a changing profession
Mark Hellaby

2 News feature
Preventing infection in anaesthesia – decontamination procedures
Chloe Harries

5 First person
Planners take note: the needs of the elderly ODP
Carol Madden

6 Education
Get in line! An effective exam revision strategy
Andrew Gulley

8 Professional
A long and winding road: improving surgical team culture
Alan Bleakley

12 Clinical
Reducing patients’ risk of postoperative nausea and vomiting
Anne Ashman

15 Students
A warm welcome to the profession
Deborah Robinson

16 Letter
Vigilance needed as Luer rules change
Paul Barrett

17 Review
A glimpse into the roots of surgery
James Bell

18 World of Work
Survey results give CODP food for thought
John Freeman

20 Coffee room

Earlier issues: March 2003 to September 2011

Technic 2(6)
November
2011


Technic 2(5)
September 2011


July 2011 Volume 2 Issue 4


Technic 2(4)
July 2011

May 2011 Volume 2 Issue 3


Technic 2(3)
May 2011

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News

31 August 2011: New journal for September
The September issue of the journal should be arriving on CODP members' doormats, and is also available to members via the online journal archive. The new issue includes...

1 August 2011: Another new CPD module
Our newest CPD module, Management of the surgical patient with diabetes: the role of the ODP, is based on new guidance from NHS Diabetes and will be available for CODP...

5 July 2011: Photo caption correction
The journal has learnt that there was an error in the caption for the photo of the ODP theatre team at Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust in the July issue, who won...

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