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Our standard practices for clean closure are well defined for colon resection cases. with much success in ...
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What is best practice for patient safety with oculoplastic surgery (nasal cannula is in use)? Do you go with full ...
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Hello and good evening. I recently had a surgeon get angry with a CST for moving the lights after the patient was ...
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While doing Prostate Biopsies in the OR, the same gun is used repeatedly to collect the specimens. After each pass, ...
Paul Lee
Dec '22
At my facility, we treat this procedure as a “sterile/clean” process. A sterile filed is created using a mayo stand ...
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If you are doing a bilateral mastectomy and CA is only present on one side, do you need two seperate set ups? Can you ...
@KIMBERLY WALLEY
Dear Kimberly, I have read your query with great interest, and notice no response. I am wondering ...
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I am having some debate at my facility regarding the best practice for setting up the back table for a clean ...
Sara Bryant
Dec '22
The only cases we would consider setting up without being scrubbed in would be a closed reduction. If there is a ...
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CPD staff are asking about having drinks at their workstation (screw on top water bottles). I am having difficulty ...
Brenda Bennett
Dec '22
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Is this a recommendation or a requirement based on research?
Amelia Bielen
Dec '22
@Jennifer Rausch
AORN recommends:
Arms may be covered during performance of preoperative patient skin ...
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What are the recommendations for storage of cranial bone flaps when you do not on a regular bases test the flap for ...
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Good Morning, What resources or websites do you get your infection control training from? According to JC, we need ...
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We have recently had to go over SPD practices and have found that we do not have a quality water testing aside from ...
Theresa Loechner
Oct '22
Im from Indiana and we have our water tested by company called Weas. This is also part of the Water Management plan. ...
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A question has arisen regarding who should be placing the paper hoods over the helmets once the tech has scrubbed. ...
Melanie white
Oct '22
Good Morning I have observed both practices. The scrub can don a hood with sterile gloves and proper technique. ...
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We have encountered a supply chain / backorder issue on Chloroxylenol 3% that we use for prepping facial ...
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We are looking at implementing the Neutral zone/Sharp Safety Zone at our facility again. I am wondering if anyone ...
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I am currently working at a hospital facility as a travel OR nurse. This facility uses a c-arm drape to cover one of ...
penney carter
Oct '22
@Mersy Ocasio-Burgos
Our facility uses a mayo cover to cover the arm not being used. Tech places it sterile when ...
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