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I am in need of a good hand hygiene audit. Is anyone willing to share theirs from an ambulatory surgery center?
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The joint commission has the TST hand hygiene audit tool. However I do not think it is relevant to the surgical ...
The joint commission has the TST hand hygiene audit tool. However I do not think it is relevant to the surgical ...
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Where can I find the standards for the particle counts in the Operating Room?
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Hello all, We are trying to give our hospital's leadership an accurate picture of our OR "productive time." ...
Janice Kelly
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The flexible endoscope IFUs state to wipe the endoscope after high-level disinfection with a sterile, lint free ...
Kristen Jackson
28d
We are trialing this package off of amazon. Cost per wipe is less than our laundering costs of reusable towels. So ...
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It should be listed as a smoke evacuation system under supplies used, but I guess you could add to nursing comments ...
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Hi, I am trying to improve my ambulatory surgery center's paper chart for our records for ophthalmology, ...
Kelsi Shields
Apr '22
The entire chart in general or what specific part? Orders? RN intra op record??
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Our facility is looking to scan equipment into EMR. What type of equipment is pertinent to trace back to our ...
Karlie Peters
Mar '22
I would say anything that can cause harm to the patient if it malfunctions or while in the patient.
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Our hospital is starting to perform robotic total knee arthroplasty cases. Do you require this to be on the ...
Ralph Taylor
Mar '22
I think from a legal perspective, it would be good to have the complete procedure. With that said, there are several ...
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We are a small ASC currently going through the process for accreditation with AAAHC. Does anyone have any info on ...
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Does anyone use Xperience regularly in primary total joints? We have had several surgeons request Xperience and ...
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Vascular shunts used when doing carotid endarterectomies.......do you document this as an implant and then an ...
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We are currently in talks to move from paper charting to an EMR system. Does anyone have experience with either HST ...
Kristen Jackson
Mar '22
We transitioned to SIS last year. Our biggest issue is the interfaces that connect SIS to the EMRs of the various ...
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Does anyone know if it is required to document the use of a smoke evacuation system, such as a neptune smoke ...
Gretchen Collette
Feb '22
I am interested to hear about this as well
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I have some staff who are documenting their In Room time when they start opening the room and counting. The patient ...
Anne Kayashima
Feb '22
Good morning,
We do not document the room opening time and the participants involved before the case in OR time. I ...
We do not document the room opening time and the participants involved before the case in OR time. I ...
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Do y’all documents surgical counts with The actual number and contents like laps-20 blades-3 or just as a check box ...
Tracey Barclay
Feb '22
I always do the number
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