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Jennifer Olin
Personal Cooling Fan
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Looking for input on this subject. We have several scrub staff members that run VERY warm. As in obvious sweat on the ...
Jennifer Olin Category Ambulatory Surgery 4d
Gwen Rogers Gwen Rogers 3d
Fan on the body could spread skin cells into the air and seem like a bad idea. I would recommend ice vests for your ...
Joyce Mackler
Students
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Does anyone have a policy and orientation guidelines for students in the operative area?
Joyce Mackler Category Ambulatory Surgery 10d
Patricia Feimer
CPR requirement for surgeons in ASC
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Good morning I am looking for documentation to support requiring our Ophthalmologists have CPR certification. I ...
Patricia Feimer Category Ambulatory Surgery 11d
Donna Eppard Donna Eppard 10d

@Patricia Feimer
At our ASC we had all of our docs ACLS trained because they are considered attending for our CRNA. ...

Jennifer Clayton
Propofol
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Does your ASC sign out propofol? What is your process?
Jennifer Clayton Category Ambulatory Surgery 12d
Joyce Mackler Joyce Mackler 11d
Yes, We sign it out with narcotics. We don't witness waste, but we track the vials used per patient.
Lucinda Treadway
Joint Replacement Program
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Any advise on building a Joint Replacement Program for Patient in a ASC? Looking for suggestions on how to best ...
Lucinda Treadway Category Ambulatory Surgery 23d
Abigail Perez
PreOp and PostOp Room Dividers
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My facility is opening up a new ASC. Currently our patients go back to the same place. Essentially, preop is PACU ...
Abigail Perez Category Ambulatory Surgery Apr '23
Dorey Meyer Dorey Meyer Apr '23

@Abigail Perez following…

Bonnie Castro
Pre-operative Assessment for HOPD vs ASC
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Does anyone know where I could find standards defining the different requirements for admission questions for a ...
Bonnie Castro Category Ambulatory Surgery Apr '23
Dave Calubaquib Dave Calubaquib Apr '23

Hi @Bonnie Castro . There are requirements also per state and CMS regulations. You can usually see it in the ...

Christina DeCorte
Plastics ASC in Louisiana
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Does anyone know a good clinical consultant for a Plastic Surgery ASC in Louisiana? We are already licensed with ...
Christina DeCorte Category Ambulatory Surgery Apr '23
Lorene Glisson Lorene Glisson Apr '23

@Christina DeCorte

Good Morning Christina, try to contact BSM Consulting. We have recently solicited their ...

MaryAnn LaVaglia
Surgical count sheets
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At our ASC we use a paper count form for the instrument tray and for the sponges/sharps, we use this as a worksheet, ...
MaryAnn LaVaglia Category Ambulatory Surgery Mar '23
Judith Keicher Judith Keicher Mar '23

@MaryAnn LaVaglia

At out facility (hospital) in NY we do not include the instrument count sheet with our ...

Kelli Coelho
Monitoring local sedation patients
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We have a physician who does not want a RN monitor for his local only procedures (carpal tunnel, hand, etc). AORN ...
Kelli Coelho Category Ambulatory Surgery Mar '23
Beth Nilson Beth Nilson Mar '23

@Kelli Coelho So what is his plan if the patient has a reaction to the local? Either allergic or Local Anesthetic ...

Kelsi Shields
Ophthalmology - lint fibers in the eye after cataract ...
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Has anyone had issues with fibers (like lint or presumably cotton fibers) being found in the eye during anterior ...
Kelsi Shields Category Ambulatory Surgery Feb '23
Ruth Mendez Ruth Mendez Mar '23
Hi! Yes we had have some times, but a doctor told us that for some reason the Viscoelastico can former it! The surgeon ...
Suzanne Green
Scrub nurse
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I am an OR manager of an ophthalmic ASC and we are trying to replace the 2 surg techs that have left. It has been a near ...
Suzanne Green Category Ambulatory Surgery Feb '23
Tasha Hainer Tasha Hainer Feb '23

@Suzanne Green Hello, I am a nurse manager at a ophthalmic ASC. I think it depends if your scrub techs have to be ...

Erin Perez
Can suturing be delegated to Surgical Technologists?
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Hello! The ST's at my ASC want to take a suturing class so that they can perform this under the supervision of the ...
Erin Perez Category Ambulatory Surgery Feb '23
Jody Hass Jody Hass Feb '23

@Erin Perez

Hello Erin,

I believe that only an CFSA has the privilege to perform suturing according to AST. I have ...

Kryste Acton
Non broken vials in trash vs sharps containers
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Due to the high cost of processing sharps containers, a hospital I previously worked at, had us start throwing non ...
Kryste Acton Category Ambulatory Surgery Feb '23
Amber Cox Amber Cox Feb '23
Hi, here in our hospital in New Zealand it is permissable to put the non broken vials in the general trash. However ...
Krystal Honeywell
Tissue Program Competency Checklist
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Does anyone have a tissue program competency checklist they can share with me?
Krystal Honeywell Category Ambulatory Surgery Feb '23

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