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Do you document the amount of arthroscopic fluid irrigation on the operative record? Document pump settings ?
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Curious if anyone has ran across concerns with the use of electrocautery near hair with heavy product use or ...
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Has anyone experienced or heard of instances with overloading a circuit breaker intraoperatively? If so, was ...
Either have an electrician wire 240 V or create a room layout binder of the OR room for different cases/scenarios, ...
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Are PTFE pledgets that are non radiopaque used as suture bolsters considered to be countable?
Stacey Brown
12d
Hi Jeanette, I live in Winnipeg Manitoba. One of my surgeons uses a pledget on his proximal anastomoses for an open ...
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QIf the drape is too long and drags on floor does that mean the drape must be replaced. Q2 does the person setting up ...
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I am reaching out to see if there is anyone from an ASC performing total joints. I wanted to see if you could share your ...
Jill Del Rio
20d
Premier Bone and Joint in Laramie, WY.
There are 2 RNFA's that work there, and though they do the majority of their ...
There are 2 RNFA's that work there, and though they do the majority of their ...
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How does your facility mark for laterality for sinus surgery? We are having discussion about this. Currently our ...
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Does anyone know a good reputable site or articles that states why unopened medications need to be stored at 60-65 ...
STEPHANIE GORE
21d
Since there is nothing specifically documented by AORN on ranges, I would reach out to your site's pharmacy ...
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We have a staff member who is allergic to Avagard / CHG. All is well in the OR when she uses betadine and wet scrubs for ...
STEPHANIE GORE
23d
Morning Catherine. At our site in Southeastern Wisconsin, we had several team members that were sensitive to CHG ...
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Find out the latest information for respiratory protection from NIOSH and other federal agencies. Note that ...
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I was wondering what other facilities do with regards to cysto carts. Our surgery staff maintains a cysto cart with ...
Paula Fugett
26d
We have a Cysto cart for bedside. The unit that uses the Cysto cart is responsible to return the cart to SPD. Then SPD ...
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Currently, we are using the AAMI ST 79 section on running 3 biologicals after sterilizer installation, repair, ...
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What does your facility's policy state in regards to counting during an emergency? If an initial count was not done ...
Hi JG
Here is what our Policy says:
EMERGENCY CASES:
a. It may be necessary to forego the accepted count policy and ...
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Can you tell me if your facility has the OR techs pushing the colonoscopes while the Dr. "drives"? Thanks.