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Jenni White
OR temperatures - Joint Commission standards
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Our Joint Commission consultant discussed that OR temperatures that should be between 68-75 degrees. This was ...
Jenni White Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice 3d
Caitlin Bittel
Donning sterile Surgical Hoods
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Good morning all, I was wondering if there are any guidelines on how to properly don a sterile surgical hood?
Caitlin Bittel Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice 3d
Brian Allen Brian Allen 3d

@Caitlin Bittel Ask your Stryker rep if hoods are new to your facility. They should provide you with education for ...

Laura Williams
Robotics Cases
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Good Morning All, I am an IP and work closely with the OR team as I oversee the procedural areas. A fellow IP had a ...
Laura Williams Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice 3d
Rachel Sandri
Surgiphor backorder
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Our facilities recently moved the Surgiphor for sterile betadine irrigation. Now it is on backorder. Are there ...
Rachel Sandri Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice 11d
NaKeisha Washington
Pre-operative Patient Clipping
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Hi everyone- Do anyone know of or have any resources relating to diagrams of pre-operative hair clipping? We are in ...
NaKeisha Washington Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice 12d
Lori Griffith
Infection Control Plan for ASC
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Would anyone be willing to share their Infection Control Plan?
Lori Griffith Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice 17d
Carol Calabrese Carol Calabrese 16d

@Lori Griffith
Lori, I would be happy to assist you with your plan. Before you start, if you receive the ASCA Focus ...

Christine Villeneuve
MRSA, MSSA and positive Staph Aureus from the nares
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Hello, this is my first question on this platform. I am starting to see an increase of patients with positive nares ...
Christine Villeneuve Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice 19d
Michelle Ruhnow Michelle Ruhnow 18d

Pre Op Staphylococcus Aureus Screening For Total Joint And Other Major Orthopedic Procedures With Implants

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    Karrie Butzu
    Applying dressing prior to removing drapes
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    I am trying to find a AORN standard that states that dressing should be applied in the sterile field, prior to the ...
    Karrie Butzu Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice 23d
    Angela Mickens
    Pre-spiked IV Tubing
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    I am looking for best practice guidelines for pre-spiked IV tubing storage. Can you store IV tubing for readily ...
    Angela Mickens Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice 23d
    Patricia Dill Patricia Dill 22d

    @Angela Mickens

    I'm sorry I don't have literature, but I recently looked up our hospital policy and it is 96 hours. ...

    Wonok hwang
    Total joint draping.
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    Is there a recommendation as to how many people should be draping the patient? Especially in total joint cases ...
    Wonok hwang Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice 23d
    Desiree Petty
    Colored Chloraprep
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    I read somewhere that you should try and find a prep that shows up better on darker skin tones. We normally use the ...
    Desiree Petty Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice 26d
    Sanna Keller-Heikkila Sanna Keller-Heikkila 20d

    @Desiree Petty We struggle the same way. We only have the orange chloroprep, so I'm glad you said the teal isn't ...

    Brittany Alexander
    Surgical Hand Scrub for non-scrubbed personnel
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    In our facility, we have always practiced that every person who will be entering an OR does a surgical scrub first ...
    Brittany Alexander Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice 26d
    Taylor Pearson Taylor Pearson 25d

    @Brittany Alexander Our facility also has OR personnel perform a morning surgical scrub, however, the reps. do ...

    Sondra Jones
    Color Street nail covering
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    Is anyone allowing Color Street nail covering. Allowed to use regular nail polish if not chipped. Color Street ...
    Sondra Jones Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice Oct '23
    Gail Arseneau Gail Arseneau Oct '23

    @Sondra Jones assuming you are speaking of staff nail polish? If so, we do not accept ANY nail polish on our nurses. ...

    Barbra-Michele Maryanski
    Pet Therapy
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    We are interested in expanding access to our patient focused therapy dog for surgical patients. Do any of you have ...
    Barbra-Michele Maryanski Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice Oct '23
    Kimberli McGarvey
    Sterile Instruments
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    Is a superclamp that has been sterilized with the jaws not touching not clamps but the ratchet closed considered ...
    Kimberli McGarvey Category Infection Prevention / Aseptic Practice Oct '23
    Gail Arseneau Gail Arseneau Oct '23

    @Kimberli McGarvey we accept the instrument if the ratchet is closed just 1 click. If it is closed more tightly than ...

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