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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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Is this a recommendation or a requirement based on research?

@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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

@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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