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Jennifer Olin
Looking for input on this subject. We have several scrub staff members that run VERY warm. As in obvious sweat on the ...
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
Does anyone have a policy and orientation guidelines for students in the operative area?
Patricia Feimer
Good morning I am looking for documentation to support requiring our Ophthalmologists have CPR certification. I ...

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

Jennifer Clayton
Does your ASC sign out propofol? What is your process?
Yes, We sign it out with narcotics. We don't witness waste, but we track the vials used per patient.
Lucinda Treadway
Any advise on building a Joint Replacement Program for Patient in a ASC? Looking for suggestions on how to best ...
Abigail Perez
My facility is opening up a new ASC. Currently our patients go back to the same place. Essentially, preop is PACU ...

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Bonnie Castro
Does anyone know where I could find standards defining the different requirements for admission questions for a ...

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

Christina DeCorte
Does anyone know a good clinical consultant for a Plastic Surgery ASC in Louisiana? We are already licensed with ...

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

MaryAnn LaVaglia
At our ASC we use a paper count form for the instrument tray and for the sponges/sharps, we use this as a worksheet, ...

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

Kelli Coelho
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

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

Kelsi Shields
Has anyone had issues with fibers (like lint or presumably cotton fibers) being found in the eye during anterior ...
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
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 Hello, I am a nurse manager at a ophthalmic ASC. I think it depends if your scrub techs have to be ...

Erin Perez
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
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Hello Erin,

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

Kryste Acton
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
Does anyone have a tissue program competency checklist they can share with me?

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