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Suzanne Motley
False Eyelashes
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Does anyone address false eyelashes in their attire policy? What do you say?
Suzanne Motley Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice 7d
Theresa Loechner Theresa Loechner 6d
No, we dont but anything that has the capability, especially those, to fall off and into an operative wound ...
Karen Johnson
Surgical Packs stored inside case carts
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Good morning, Can anyone tell me what the recommendation is for storing sterile pack either inside or outside case ...
Karen Johnson Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice 8d
Laura Heffley
Door Openings
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Good Morning, I searched the discussion threads but did not find the answer I am looking for so I am hoping you all ...
Laura Heffley Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice 8d
Jenni Ready Jenni Ready 7d

@Laura Heffley good question! I’m curious too!

Jennifer Hurlbert
Delivery of powder meds to field
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Hi all! I'm wondering what method you use to deliver powder meds (ie. vancomycin) to the field. Currently we are ...
Jennifer Hurlbert Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice 13d
Karin Sekelsky Karin Sekelsky 7d

@Jennifer Hurlbert AORN is presenting is updates on medication safety today (9/27/2022) and this is a question I ...

Jennifer Bulseco
Artificial Eyelashes
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Does anyone prohibits wearing artificial eyelashes in the OR? We wanted to include it in our policy and need a ...
Jennifer Bulseco Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice 25d
Sabrina Bryan
surgical attire and the OR scrub dress
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Hello! I have been asked ‘What is the required attire (hose, nothing, etc.) to be worn under an OR scrub dress?’ We ...
Sabrina Bryan Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice 26d
Jennifer Bulseco Jennifer Bulseco 25d
As long as it is under the scrubs and is covered, I don't think there should be an issue.
Jessi King
Implant Tracking Log
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Does anyone have a template they would share for tracking their implants from arrival to facility through ...
Jessi King Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice 29d
Theresa Loechner Theresa Loechner 28d
We use Censitrac. This links the pt to the instruments used in the cases.
Panna Tailor
Implant tracking
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Implants are tracked for 30 days and some for 90 days. Please follow NHSN guidelines for which implant are tracked ...
Panna Tailor Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice Sep '22
Hilda Munoz Hilda Munoz 28d

@Panna Tailor
Thank you. This helps 😃.

Hilda Munoz
Infection Control- Implants
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Question: Can anyone share how you monitor patients who've had implants for infection 1 month post-op & 1 year ...
Hilda Munoz Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice Sep '22
Jennifer Clayton Jennifer Clayton Sep '22

Our ASC is looking for the same thing! How do you track the implant after 90 days? One ASC near us said the physical ...

Cheryl Beilke
Removing used instruments between cases.
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A question has been bought up from our surgical techs addressing removing used instruments from the OR between ...
Cheryl Beilke Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice Sep '22
Rebecca Battjes Rebecca Battjes Sep '22

@Cheryl Beilke
Good morning, Cheryl. Leaving any dirty instruments in the room, whether they are in a closed bin or ...

Ellen Carr
Wound classification update
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Is there a recent webinar available to review wound classification? We are having a hard time at our facility ...
Ellen Carr Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice Aug '22
Laura Heffley Laura Heffley Sep '22

@Ellen Carr are these the classifications you are referring to? I don't know of any webinar's on this, but maybe do ...

Jennifer Hill
Sterile proccessing room/ supply room/ high humidity ...
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When we got to work this morning there had been an issue overnight that flooded our sterile supply room and the ...
Jennifer Hill Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice Aug '22
Sarah Zirkle Sarah Zirkle Aug '22

@Jennifer Hill In my experience, we dispose of the indicators and tape that were affected. The unused wraps are ...

Mariah Rangel
Negative pressure room for colonoscopies
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We have been doing endoscopies in our positive pressure OR's for about 6 years now. Our hospital recently got a new ...
Mariah Rangel Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice Aug '22
Gwenda Petrohoy
Humidity in the OR
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We are working on a process improvement action plan related to the temperature and humidity in our OR, ...
Gwenda Petrohoy Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice Aug '22
penney carter penney carter Aug '22

@Gwenda Petrohoy We use a system called COOLSHIRT. You fill a small cooler looking reservoir with ice and water. ...

Faye Baker
C-section SSI pevention bundle
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Is anyone doing c-section bundles for reducing c-section SSI's?
Faye Baker Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice Aug '22

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