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Hi, Does any of your facilities require surgeons to mark their initials AND put the level "L4-L-5" for the surgical ...
Yes, The surgeon that will be actively involved in the surgical procedure is required to mark their initials on the ...
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My facility partners with and provides education for the local school of medicine on surgical hand antisepsis, ...
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We have had a few AORN chapters and facilities reach out to us (I work for a Key Surgical) to request a speaker for ...
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Hi, what are people using to protect hands when patient is in lithotomy and will be having a laparoscopic ...
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Hi. Does anyone have a developed checklist for additional daily, weekly, monthly type assignments such as ...
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Exploring Operating Room Nurse Turnover Current and/or P revious Operating Room RNs Needed for Research Study ...
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What do your staff/surgeons use to stay cool while scrubbed in? We are acclimating to newly-enforced recommended ...
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I am curious to know what everyone's call response time is. We currently have to be in house 20 minutes after we are ...
Zenda Carnell
18d
We have a 30-minute response for first call (C1) and an hour for the second call (C2). That is only because we do not ...
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Can anyone share with me your protocol for performing regional blocks in the Pre-op area? We would like to perform ...
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We are trying to understand the guidelines from CDC when it comes to Airborne Contaminant Removal in regards to air ...
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I am looking for a policy or procedure that can be shared regarding your hospitals stance on sales reps setting ...
Jeanette Cowen
21d
For my hospital, we in the OR are ultimately responsible for consignment trays. When we have a tray placed, it is ...
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Interested in how other facilities accept and manage add-on cases. Who takes the posting, what is criteria for ...
Usually, the surgeon or his nurse call the department directly and then we have central scheduling put the case on ...
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I would like to know what your practice is for tucking arms on patients with a higher BMI in which padding or gel wrap ...
Zenda Carnell
24d
We use plastic sleds that have padding on the sides with a little extra foam in areas that need it.
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Does anyone have a policy about not transporting patients in their inpatient beds to the OR, unless they are ...
Merle Santos
27d
Patients under isolation are usually sent to OR on their hospital bed and usually taken straight to the room where ...
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My department recently started a department based shared governance council. We are struggling with ...
Jeanette Cowen
21d
Here are a few ideas for your OR shared governance council. Hope this helps.
1. Creating custom procedure packs
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1. Creating custom procedure packs
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