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If a patient has endocarditis or pericarditis what wound class are you making them?
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Hi We utilize ASPAN's Recovery Nurse Orientation education modules for our new PACU hires (and in other ...
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Does anyone have any resources on what falls within the scope of practice for surgical techs? And more ...
Rebecca, I am not sure about Surg Tech's but if they are anything like the scope of practice for RN's and RNFA's, it is ...
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We recently had a consultant in the OR that asked about our policy on cloth hats in the OR. Our policy states that ...

Our teams can wear cloth hats. They must be laundered if visibly soiled. Laundry is done by hospital linen.
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We just had a company at our facilities for a mock TJC survey - the surveyor cited that we did not check the patient ...
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My team is asking about the best practice for counting on our combination rib fixation/VATS procedures. ...
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My hospital may be looking at obtaining an electronic text messaging system for both pre-op and post-op ...
I would be interested in this info as well. We no longer allow family members in due to Covid and providing adequate ...
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We are looking for policies, procedures, and/or guidelines related to the use of imaging for retained objects in ...

Hi Alyson, we're neck deep in reviewing this process at my facility. As a Trauma Center we do a lot of Therapeutic ...
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We are looking for policies, procedures, and/or guidelines related to the use of imaging for retained objects in ...
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It can be challenging at times to get our surgeons to arrive promptly at their scheduled surgery time. Our facility ...
We report all first case late starts each month at our shared governance council. The medical director and/or the ...
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How do you handle your suture cart? Is it on wheels so that it can be rolled to a room for a trauma or emergency case or is ...
We have two suture carts that are identical. They are on wheels and get sent to SPD after every use to be re-stocked. ...
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Hello, I was wondering if anyone has experienced heel pressure injuries among patients in deep trendelenburg, ...
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We are preparing for Joint Commission and I am wondering what specific topics they are looking for this year from ...
I think that our surveyors were unique in that they were very specifically interested in sterile processing. Have ...
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Hi everyone I am at a large Level 1 Academic Medical Center. We are looking to update our current practice for ...
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Hello, When moving a patient in a lateral position with pillows between their legs, is it necessary to remove the ...