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Hello, I understand that some OR's have cameras in the room that send video to a central monitor, such as at the OR ...
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We recently had a surgeon cut a bovie cord that was on the field, so the wires from the cord is sticking out near the ...
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Hi all, I recently had a question brought to me that I am looking for help in answering. Is it standard practice for OR ...
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At my hospital, the OR currently circulates and scrubs all c-section cases but we would like to get at least the OB ...
Alexandria Mason
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Hello,
I am a new RN but I have been a Surgical Tech for 12 years. I would say have the OB LPNs scrub in ...
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Can anyone point me to a Guideline or Best Practice for staffing for robotic surgeries? We are trying to find ...
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Our site policy states that controlled substances: WASTE AND DISPOSAL A. B. C. D. E. F. Revised Date: Wasted ...
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When is an item Consider ed “Retained” after the skin closure, or does the patient need to be physically out of the OR ...
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Hello, Would anyone be able to provide any references or guidance of what daily monitoring and logging is required ...
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Hi, I’m Involved with Shared Governance at my facility. We are looking to implement a clinical ladder for our ...
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Hi, Just wanted to see if other institutions are counting skin staplers as part of their surgical count? Thanks, ...
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Currently during a C-section, placenta cord blood draws are being passed on to either the CST or the Circulating RN ...
Katherine Lam
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At our institution, the Cord blood is drawn by the circulating nurse. ABG gases are collected by ...
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How does your organization handle charges when cases are canceled? I'm looking for something in writing that ...
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Hello we have a scrub tech that has developed allergies to surgical scrub. She has tried betadine, hibiclens, ...
Gregory Pronesti
23d
Use Ivory Soap with plain scrub brush.
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We currently utilize our OR's to also do local cases. The doctors are telling us the local's are more just a ...
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Hi, Just reaching out to see if this is common practice during c-sections where the surgeon request hemabate to be ...