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Pediatric Pulse oximeters
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Re: OR documentation of medication route
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Oct 3, 2019 3:37 pm
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Environmental Cleaning
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Re: Room Turnover
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Re: Robotic orientation checklist
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Oct 7, 2019 1:07 pm
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Hand scrub and nail cleaning
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Oct 10, 2019 11:34 am
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IV assessment during surgery with arms tucked
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Oct 17, 2019 11:13 am
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Re: staining on blue wrap
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Sep 29, 2019 9:54 pm
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Re: Bone cement vapor
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Oct 17, 2019 3:04 pm
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sterile water
by Molly Kucera - Oct 18, 2019 10:02 am - 0
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sterile water
by Molly Kucera
Oct 18, 2019 10:02 am
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MDRO Policy
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MDRO Policy
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Oct 17, 2019 1:18 pm
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MDRO Policy
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Smoke Evacuation
by Britny Nadeau - Oct 14, 2019 9:16 am - 1
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Re: Smoke Evacuation
by David Weiss
Oct 16, 2019 12:49 pm
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Smoke Evacuation
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Surgical attire
by Susan Heppermann - Aug 27, 2019 3:10 pm - 1
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Re: Surgical attire
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Oct 7, 2019 1:11 pm
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Surgical attire
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GYN uterine manipulators
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Oct 4, 2019 11:03 am
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GYN uterine manipulators
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Wound Classification
by STEPHANIE VODICKA - Mar 27, 2019 4:19 pm - 2
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Oct 3, 2019 3:13 pm
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Wound Classification
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QC for Cell Saver
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Hand Hygiene Policy questions/input
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Hand Hygiene Policy questions/input
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URODYNAMICS
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URODYNAMICS
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Discharging patients to home from PACU
by Kimberly Krieger - Sep 14, 2019 11:56 am - 0
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Discharging patients to home from PACU
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scope buddy daily disinfection/decontamination process
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scope buddy daily disinfection/decontamination process
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grounding pad placement over tattoo
by Jennie Garrison - Aug 21, 2019 6:16 pm - 2
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Re: grounding pad placement over tattoo
by Amy Brunson
Aug 24, 2019 10:27 am
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grounding pad placement over tattoo
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Fire Risk for Endoscopy Procedures (EGDs and Colonoscopies)
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by Trisha Ameel
Aug 15, 2019 1:35 pm
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Fire Risk for Endoscopy Procedures (EGDs and Colonoscopies)
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ADP
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ADP
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Drapes for a Robotic Procedure
by Jeffrey Keane - Aug 6, 2019 9:06 am - 0
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Drapes for a Robotic Procedure
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Molly Kucera posted sterile water0 RepliesWhen you are pre-cleaning your instruments, do you use sterile water on your sterile field during procedures?
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2 RepliesThe AORN Guideline for Environment of Care, 10.12 notes that "Karnwal et al168 reported that some studies suggest MMA can cause birth defec...
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Barbara Garnica posted Bone cement vapor2 RepliesCould some please provide/share their process on pregnant OR staff working with bone cement. The only product information I have found is...
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Mariefel Paqueo posted MDRO Policy0 RepliesGood day all,
Does anybody have a policy regarding mandatory MDRO screening for all surgical patients?
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0 RepliesI am curious if anyone has a policy or procedure regarding assessing a peripheral IV during a procedure where bilateral arms are tucked? Is...
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2 RepliesI will be reading hat article . Thank you for the feedback.
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3 RepliesIn our institution, we struggle with our neurosurgeons as to when to conduct our pre-incision time-out. We, the OR nurses are advocating f...
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2 RepliesWe just recently went live with 4% CHG for vaginal prep. This decision was made with the support of our OR leadership, Infection Control (Ep...
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David Weiss posted Re: Smoke Evacuation1 ReplyWe use the ConMed version (I believe both are made by Buffalo) and ours has a pneumatic foot pedal activation for those situations. For ope...