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Shannon Johns-Raymond
Hi all, Does anyone have any interesting disaster drill scenarios for an ASC that can be discussed during a staff ...
I would love to see that if you don't mind!
Lori Griffith
Can anyone share their policy for Unplanned return to the OR?
We do not have a specific policy but do require it to be reported through our incident reporting system that is ...
Elizabeth Johnson
Our ASC has started doing pacemaker/defibrillaor Generator changes and want to move towards doing Insertions. ...

Our standard of practice is to only do postop chest x-rays on initial implants or lead replacements, regardless of ...

Matthew Cox
Does anybody have any guidance as to what the recommended practice is on patients wearing underwear on cases that ...
Matthew Cox Category Ambulatory Surgery Oct '23
Samantha Walker
Hello. What is your facilities policy in regard to level verification for spine surgery (pre, intra and post op)? ...

@Samantha Walker

hi there!
wondering if you received any feedback on this? We are starting the same conversation ...

ATHENA BLUE
Wonderful news! We can now offer the BSW Expert Witness Course for FREE!! Please take a look at the poster attached ...
ATHENA BLUE Category Ambulatory Surgery Oct '23
Ashley Bode
We recently had a death in the OR and was trying to find information about policies regarding counting after the ...
Ashley Bode Category Ambulatory Surgery Oct '23

@Ashley Bode We count at our facility since it is our policy to count on all open procedures.

AJ Eller
We have a hand surgeon who wants to do his local injection in pre-op prior to going to OR (straight local cases) to ...
AJ Eller Category Ambulatory Surgery Oct '23

@AJ Eller We have a surgeon that injects prior to the OR. PRE OP moniters vitals while they are injecting. We monitor ...

ATHENA BLUE
To My Fellow Nurses, Please take a few minutes to read the very important letter I have attached regarding the ...
ATHENA BLUE Category Ambulatory Surgery Oct '23
Abigail Perez
I am opening up an ambulatory surgery center in an existing building. The space provided for sterilization is ...

@Abigail Perez what is your specialty? I’m in ophthalmology.

Sheila Hall
We recently had a patient undergoing hand surgery which required a bovie. The patient had bilateral total hip and ...
Sheila Hall Category Ambulatory Surgery Sep '23

@Sheila Hall
While not optimal, I believe your best option would be the abdomen.

Marissa Frantz
Hi all, am interested in knowing if any organizations are contracted/utlize lyft or uber for patients who are ...
We utilize a company called ComforCare that patients can contact prior to their procedure (usually a minimum of 72 ...
Jennifer Goldsmith
What are the requirements of a pre-surgical call? Does the call need to be done by an RN or is a LPN or MA acceptable?

@Jennifer Goldsmith we have an RN or LPN do the pre-surgical calls since we are advising on holding blood thinners ...

Nichole Cheever
We are looking to create a policy and accompanying competency regarding the access of existing mediports for ...
We do not access ports in the surgery center. Our policy is specific and also the nurses are not properly trained to ...
Jennifer Lewis
When we are doing larger cases with multiple instrument trays, each tray has a separate count sheet. Instruments ...
Amy Landry Amy Landry Aug '23

@Jennifer Lewis

Hi Jennifer!

I work in a busy teaching level 1 trauma center. Our actual written policy is a little ...

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