Surgical Technology

A list of reliable webpages from Loyola University.

Teaching etool provides information about health hazards related to surgical suites in hospitals.

From the National Library of Medicine, a part of the National Institutes of Health. This site provides patient level information on a wide variety of medical subjects.

Also from the National Library of Medicine, Pub Med provides the most comprehensive indexing and abstracting of the medical literature available.

National clearing house for information on infectious and chronic diseases, injuries, workplace hazards, disabilities, and environmental health threats.

"An award-winning Federal website for consumers, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services together with other Federal agencies. It links to carefully selected information and website from over 1,500 health-related organizations."

The National Library of Medicine's new site for drug information makes it easy to search for reliable, comprehensible, and current information. Sources are generally key government agencies.

NIH's mission is science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability.

"Promotes research in the following areas: Promoting Health and Preventing Disease, Improving Quality of Life, Eliminating Health Disparities, Setting Directions for End-of-Life Research"

The world's largest medical library.

A database of citations to research-in-progress funded by federal and foundation grants and contracts.

Provides information on such areas as disaster preparedness, quality and patient safety, data sets and research findings.