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Rosemary Lawrence
Needing some advice - how does your CSSD keep dual action rongeurs open during automated washing? Do you make use of ...
Erna Roos
Good afternoon, I am working for a private healthcare facility in South Africa. The preferred skin prep solution ...
Amelia Bielen
We have had some surgeons that like axillary rolls covered with a pillow case but then they inevitably end up in the ...
Amelia Bielen Category Equipment 4d

Based on this, I would say uncovered.

According to the AORN Guideline for Positioning the Patient, positioning ...

Carmelina Lamanna-Petta
If the patient is prepped but not draped yet, are they considered a sterile field? ie. if i were to pass between the ...
KIMBERLY WALLEY
Good Morning, We have been noticing some of our trays have brown discoloration on the paper liners. Has anyone else ...
Aubrey Dyer
Hi all! I have a super nitpicky question! Over my (relatively short) period in the OR, I've seen RN Circulators ...

@Aubrey Dyer you should count sponges in the numbers they are packaged – laps 5, raytec 10. You can review the AORN ...

Jennifer Olin
Looking for input on this subject. We have several scrub staff members that run VERY warm. As in obvious sweat on the ...
Fan on the body could spread skin cells into the air and seem like a bad idea. I would recommend ice vests for your ...
Christina DeCorte
Hi All!! Our ASC is looking to begin offering 23 hour observation for some elective plastic surgery patients and ...
Jamie Nelson
Hello, We use TrackCore to track our biologic implants and report them to the manufacturer, but we do not use it for ...
Joyce Mackler
Does anyone have a policy and orientation guidelines for students in the operative area?
Kimberli McGarvey
Looking for ideas on how to implement change for this. I like the Comprehensive Surgical Checklist from AORN but ...

@Kimberli McGarvey

Our pre-op developed a hand off paper that we put in front of the chart and has all important ...

Emily Hardin
I want to hear from as many as possible about what you all do in your facilities! If you can provide your references as ...

@Emily Hardin . All of our patients are full code while in the ASC. We ask about their advance directives, living ...

David Prevatt
Does anyone in SC perform local cases in their procedure room? If so, what parameters do you go by like air exchanges ...

The CDC has a list of total air exchanges / hour for procedure rooms. I believe it is 15 and hasn't changed for several ...

Patricia Feimer
Good morning I am looking for documentation to support requiring our Ophthalmologists have CPR certification. I ...

@Patricia Feimer
At our ASC we had all of our docs ACLS trained because they are considered attending for our CRNA. ...

Jennifer Clayton
Does your ASC sign out propofol? What is your process?
Yes, We sign it out with narcotics. We don't witness waste, but we track the vials used per patient.

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