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Hello All, What does your institution/health system do when discharging patients post surgery to home by ...
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I am just wondering what type of sponges Y'all use for a vaginal prep. At my facility we have 2 different kits. One ...
Anjana Salim
8d
Hi Anna,
Our OR is using 3M SoluPrep Antiseptic sponges on a sponge stick for Vaginal Prep. 1 sponge at a time and its ...
Our OR is using 3M SoluPrep Antiseptic sponges on a sponge stick for Vaginal Prep. 1 sponge at a time and its ...
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What is everyone's thoughts on making all patients that come to surgery a fire score of 3. Our facility RN's believe ...
Kathryn Ross
14d
I believe giving every surgery a fire score of three defeats the purpose of the fire score. It’s like having a unit ...
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Hey All, I started as a CST. Got my RN and have been a CRNFA for 26 years. Now things have changed tons through the ...
Kathryn Ross
19d
The scrub tech should absolutely conduct an initial count together, when appropriate. We only perform an ...
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I am hoping for some help/direction finding information on doing surgical preps. We have a wonderful young newer ...
Angela Hartwig
Feb '21
Hello,
I would review the AORN Guideline: Patient Skin Antisepsis. I would also review Guideline Essentials: ...
I would review the AORN Guideline: Patient Skin Antisepsis. I would also review Guideline Essentials: ...
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I have been looking for a position statement: Is the RN Circulator able to perform her/his duties while operating ...
Cassandra Orth-Nebitt
Feb '21
While we do not have a policy or position statement, we do assign a second RN to manipulate the leg/HANA table for ...
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Hi, I work at a ASC and we do a lot of plastic surgery procedures. Some of these procedures are very long 5-7 hours. We ...
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We are in the process of upgrading our Stryker Surgicount sponge counting system. Unfortunatley the cost of this ...
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I am seeking to find the standard of care for recovery after a thoracentesis. At our facility, we allow patients to ...
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Good morning, Does anyone have a fluid warming policy they are willing to share or have any information? Thank ...
Rebecca Roe
Dec '20
We do not have a policy specific to fluid warming, it is combined with patient food, medication, and fluids.
We ...
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Good Morning, We are transitioning to using the SWITCH tool and noted that one has been developed for schedulers. I ...
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Hello, I am trying to clarify some confusion re the verbiage attached to incorrect initial sponge counts is the ...
Kendra Hardy Dunnigan
Dec '20
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What sterile product do you use to store cranial bone flaps? We are no longer able to purchase the container within ...
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We are in the beginning stages of a retained foreign bundle audit, our ministry has implemented this and we are ...
Kendra Hardy Dunnigan
Dec '20
For our facility counts are done on any item that has the potential to be retained. Therefore both soft goods and ...
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Hi everyone What is done with the placement of the grounding pad when the patient does not have any skin that is clear ...
Theresa Loechner
Nov '20
 Hi AORN has released a new 2021 Electrosurgical Guideline. I did listen to this and looked at the PDF and I don’t ...
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