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I recently had a comment by a traveling scrub tech - she wondered why we utilize varying height tables on our ...
I recently had a comment by a traveling scrub tech - she wondered why we utilize varying height tables on our ...
Aimee Muchie
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In the 2017 AORN Guidelines for Peri-Operative Practices it clearly states that ( V.e.1. Aerators on faucets ...
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Our facility suspends a DNR when a patient goes to surgery. It is reinstated when the patient arrives on their ...
Jean McCoy
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A facility that I previously worked at had a Purple sheet that was in the front of the paper chart. It identified ...
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I worked somewhere where there was a medication builder for Epic, (but I can't remember where). It would allow you ...
We use the Epic version from Mercy. Our pharmacy has built in several medication combinations such as Exparel ...
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I currently work at an asc and very rarely we will give insulin prior to surgery. When we do, we have 2 rns check ...
I currently work at an asc and very rarely we will give insulin prior to surgery. When we do, we have 2 rns check ...
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Does anyone have a policy about pediatric patients bringing blankets/stuffed animals to the OR with them? Could ...
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Does AORN have a specific recommendation or standard that states how frequently operating room temperatures ...
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We have not been charting the lot #s of the cautery pads, and we stopped charting the cautery settings a while back.Â
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Carie,
We currently use underbody megadyne pads and occasionally a cautery pad. Â We have never documented lot #s ...
We currently use underbody megadyne pads and occasionally a cautery pad. Â We have never documented lot #s ...
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Has anyone within our OR community worked with automated/electronic informed consents? If so, could you share ...
Alex Navarra
Sep '20
At the VA, we use iMedConsent. I’m not sure if it’s proprietary to the VA?
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Hello! We are trying to implement clipping into our preop nursing bundle instead of needing an order for it or ...
Mollee,
We do not require an order for hair clipping. Â For our Open Heart Cases, clipping is done in the pre-op area ...
We do not require an order for hair clipping. Â For our Open Heart Cases, clipping is done in the pre-op area ...
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We were cited by Joint Commission during our last survey for not opening our box locks on our instruments enough and ...
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Does anyone have some good OR PI indicator ideas to share? We've done colon bundle compliance,OR/PACU handoffs, ...
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Hello. For facilities that use SurgiCount, do you use the SurgiCount system on all cases that you perform a manual ...
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At our facility we use the SurgiCount for every case that we use laps and/or rays.
At our facility we use the SurgiCount for every case that we use laps and/or rays.
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I wanted to see how other document the anesthesia type for a procedure when only local anesthesia was given (no ...
I wanted to see how other document the anesthesia type for a procedure when only local anesthesia was given (no ...