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Shannon Johns-Raymond
Disaster Drills
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Hi all, Does anyone have any interesting disaster drill scenarios for an ASC that can be discussed during a staff ...
Shannon Johns-Raymond Category Ambulatory Surgery 6d
Kate Lydon Kate Lydon 5d
I would love to see that if you don't mind!
Lori Griffith
Policy for Return to the OR
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Can anyone share their policy for Unplanned return to the OR?
Lori Griffith Category Ambulatory Surgery 12d
Amy Brunson Amy Brunson 7d
We do not have a specific policy but do require it to be reported through our incident reporting system that is ...
Elizabeth Johnson
Post OP Xray for Generator Placements
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Our ASC has started doing pacemaker/defibrillaor Generator changes and want to move towards doing Insertions. ...
Elizabeth Johnson Category Ambulatory Surgery 29d
Christine Conner Christine Conner 28d

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

Matthew Cox
underwear or no underwear
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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
Spine Level Verification
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Hello. What is your facilities policy in regard to level verification for spine surgery (pre, intra and post op)? ...
Samantha Walker Category Ambulatory Surgery Oct '23
Meagan Peck Meagan Peck Oct '23

@Samantha Walker

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

ATHENA BLUE
Trauma Resolution and 2nd Income as Nurse Expert ...
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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
Death in the OR
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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
Teresa Davis Teresa Davis Oct '23

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

AJ Eller
Local injections done in pre-op
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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
Melissa Buser Melissa Buser 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
Trauma Resolution and Second Income Opportunity
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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
Small Sterilization Room
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I am opening up an ambulatory surgery center in an existing building. The space provided for sterilization is ...
Abigail Perez Category Ambulatory Surgery Sep '23
Donna Eppard Donna Eppard Sep '23

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

Sheila Hall
Bovie Ground Pad Placement
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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
Daniel Fitzsimmons Daniel Fitzsimmons Sep '23

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

Marissa Frantz
Complimentary Ride share for patients recieving ...
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Hi all, am interested in knowing if any organizations are contracted/utlize lyft or uber for patients who are ...
Marissa Frantz Category Ambulatory Surgery Sep '23
Kerry Gilrane Kerry Gilrane Sep '23
We utilize a company called ComforCare that patients can contact prior to their procedure (usually a minimum of 72 ...
Jennifer Goldsmith
pre-calls
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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 Category Ambulatory Surgery Sep '23
Melanie Gellerman Melanie Gellerman Sep '23

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

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