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Van Ngo
Checking to see what practice is across the nation regarding final instrument count. Do you do the final ...
Panna Tailor
Does anyone have a policy and procedure on Betadine allergy and alternatives for surgical prep for specifically ...

@Panna Tailor Hello Panna,

In my experience, the type of prep was left to surgeon discretion. If a surgeon wanted to ...

Jessi King
What discharge criteria are you all using when transferring patient from Phase 1 to Phase 2 of recovery?
Leora Brown
Is anyone having difficulties steering a surgeon to utilize an appropriate lateral positioning device in place ...

@Leora Brown

We use the AliMed Lateral positioning Set. It does not require us to lift the patient and place an ...

Darrell Powell
Our pathology department is asking us to apply Eosin stain to our prostate biopsies, at the sterile field, prior to ...

@Darrell Powell
We are just placing directly in formalin. One thing we have started doing is putting about 5 cc of ...

Michelle Fulop
Does anyone have a policy to share that can clarify the scope of practice for the CST in the 2nd scrub role (AKA Second ...
Maribel Martinez
Hello everyone! I am looking for information on AORN regarding tape utilization for patient positioning. It's my ...
I would be interested as well. Several of our ophthalmologists tape the head.
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Ena Roseman
AORN uses the Fire Safety score of ABCD &E. Many hospitals use 123. Is there rationale for 123? The AORN ...

@Ena Roseman
Hi Ena,

The fire safety assessment process is getting a refresh with the update of the Guideline for a ...

Sheila Piasecki-Haines
Can anyone provide an update on this practice? It is my understanding that when an IV bag is spiked either with Epi or ...
Sheila: Reach out to the makers of the IV bags or consult the MIFU for the products. You will find the guidance there.
Matthew Beier
Hi All, I am a perioperative Clinical Nurse Specialist at a Pediatric facility in Wisconsin. We are currently ...

@Matthew Beier

One wouldn’t do instrument counts prior to all adult surgeries. The same applies to children, and ...

Rosemary Lawrence
Good Day, can you direct robust information regarding handoff of either circulatory nurse or scrub nurse DURING ...
Holly Ream
Hi, I hope all is well. I am an Perioperative Nurse leader at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Do your operating ...

@Holly Ream
Hi I work in a 20 OR suites Level 1 trauma center and although we are not currently using any adjunct ...

Melissa Barritt
Hello! I worked at a acute care hospital-based surgery department for 16 years, then moved a year ago and have a new ...
I work in a critical access hospital and we have always had the direction that holding blood thinners such as ...
Lisa Morgenthaler
I am reaching out to ask other facilities, either who are burn centers or perform burn cases in the OR, what their ...

@Lisa Morgenthaler
Cutting x-ray detectable sponges is not a practice I have seen or our system would approve of.

Lori Griffith
What role does your CVOR perform during TAVR procedures? Assist with the procedure or just remain on S/B? S/B in the ...
We perform TAVRs in both Cath Lab and the Main OR once a week. When we first started the program in the Cath Lab we ...

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