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Does anyone have a copy of the staff's role cards for MH crisis. I have found some but I am unable to print them off. ...
Katherine LeHoskey
Aug '16
I do. Â Email me at klehoskey@lrhcares.org and I will send to you Monday.
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I am seeking documentation requirements for use of the impella device as we are getting ready to implement soon. ...
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Is it a conflict of interest for the circulating RN to witness a surgical consent form on a patient for which they are ...
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We use metal containers as well as packaging materials to sterilize our instrument trays. With regard to storage ...
Wrapped trays should not be stacked on of each other as stacking causes the lower trays to compress. When upper ...
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I am looking for anyone that has a checklist list to audit their department when it comes to Environmental. We are ...
Are you looking at something for the environmental services staff or something for the OR staff?
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CMS recently visited and wanted logs of temp and humidity monitoring in OR. Â We are small critical access so do not ...
Robin Ebers
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We use AeroScout Links. It's app based, so I have to do everything from my phone, but you can generate reports and ...
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Hello! Does anyone have a Disaster Drill Evaluation form they would be willing to share? We do 4 drills a year, and ...
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We are in the process of upgrading our Stryker Surgicount sponge counting system. Unfortunatley the cost of this ...
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Can anyone speak to how you are documenting specimens in the EMR that are taken intraoperatively, but don't go to ...
Jean McCoy
7d
The documentation inside the OR is the same. I am not sure how the lab documents these. Â
We enter the information ...
We enter the information ...
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Hello all my fellow Epic users. We had a question come up today. If a patient is coming to the OR to have an AV fistula ...
Jean McCoy
7d
I believe it should be documented as an LDA as well. That is what we do at our facility as well as the last facility I ...
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We have an experienced nurse who states that the return electrode needs to be placed on the patient so that the long ...
I do that but not for the capture of returning current. Â All the returning current with be focused on the one half of ...
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Hello! I work at a ASC in Alaska, assigned as Laser safety officer. I was not formally trained to be one, but was ...
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I am seeking to find the standard of care for recovery after a thoracentesis. At our facility, we allow patients to ...
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As we are all dealing with staffing changes during COVID surges in hospitals I am looking to see what others do with ...