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Ambulatory Surgery
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Surgical mask shortage
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Feb 18, 2020 3:25 pm
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Documentation
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Re: Unicompartment knee replacement (does your consent specify medial or lateral)
by Jodi Deprez
Feb 22, 2020 4:45 pm
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Re: Using Cleaning Wipes in the OR
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Feb 4, 2020 4:31 pm
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Changing Scopes on a patient between procedures
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Feb 13, 2020 9:10 am
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Virex Plus Floor Cleaner
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Feb 20, 2020 3:48 pm
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Re: Count Policy
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Feb 21, 2020 12:17 pm
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Feb 20, 2020 5:06 pm
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Re: Smoke evacuator Stryker Neptune electrocautery bovie pencil in a Pediatric setting
by Jessica Wagner
Feb 21, 2020 12:20 pm
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Spine Navigation
by Aleasha Tuley - Feb 18, 2020 9:20 am - 0
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Spine Navigation
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Feb 18, 2020 9:20 am
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Spine Navigation
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Specimen and retrieval bags
by Audrey Nelson - Feb 14, 2020 3:59 pm - 1
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by Francesco Caminiti
Feb 16, 2020 9:47 am
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Specimen and retrieval bags
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Service lines
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Re: Service lines
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Feb 12, 2020 10:23 am
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Chemotherapy rated PPE
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by Jillian Smith
Feb 11, 2020 12:29 pm
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Chemotherapy rated PPE
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Wound classification AND surgical site- prostatectomy through the p****
by Renegade Scott-Feagle - Feb 7, 2020 3:01 pm - 0
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Wound classification AND surgical site- prostatectom...
by Renegade Scott-Feagle
Feb 7, 2020 3:01 pm
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Wound classification AND surgical site- prostatectomy through the p****
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Scrub tech manipulating uterus during Robotic Hysterectomy
by Tyler Butts - Oct 24, 2018 2:54 pm - 1
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Feb 3, 2020 10:44 pm
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Scrub tech manipulating uterus during Robotic Hysterectomy
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Marking laterality for GYN surgical procedures.
by Karen Van Petten - Jan 28, 2020 1:04 pm - 1
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Re: Marking laterality for GYN surgical procedures.
by Danielle Linder
Jan 29, 2020 2:04 pm
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Marking laterality for GYN surgical procedures.
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Hair removal outside the OR
by Brenda Falzone - Jul 17, 2017 3:22 pm - 1
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Re: Hair removal outside the OR
by Cera Salamone
Jan 22, 2020 11:39 am
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Hair removal outside the OR
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Patients shaving themselves
by Harold Marler - Oct 24, 2017 10:36 am - 3
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Jan 20, 2020 12:54 pm
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Patients shaving themselves
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Robotic Surgery Intraoperative Crisis Checklist
by Tamara Marbes - Jan 16, 2020 6:20 pm - 0
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Robotic Surgery Intraoperative Crisis Checklist
by Tamara Marbes
Jan 16, 2020 6:20 pm
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Robotic Surgery Intraoperative Crisis Checklist
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Burn Rooms and Counts
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Burn Rooms and Counts
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Jan 15, 2020 5:11 pm
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Burn Rooms and Counts
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service animals
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service animals
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Jan 7, 2020 9:08 am
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service animals
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Proper Dispense of Radiopaque Contrast Agents to Sterile Field
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Proper Dispense of Radiopaque Contrast Agents to Steri...
by Jessica Butler
Jan 6, 2020 10:51 am
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Proper Dispense of Radiopaque Contrast Agents to Sterile Field
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Irrigation Fluid Warmers
by Cristy Marsh - Mar 12, 2019 8:22 am - 1
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Re: Irrigation Fluid Warmers
by Jansen Gollar
Jan 4, 2020 8:11 am
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Irrigation Fluid Warmers
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Assistant Surgeon Resources
by Alison Pearson - Jan 4, 2020 5:35 am - 0
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Assistant Surgeon Resources
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Jan 4, 2020 5:35 am
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3 RepliesThe consent will state medical or laterial. -
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1 ReplyI document fluids on every case. We charted it as a medication - I think that way, if the patient ever had a reaction to anything, they could rul... -
3 RepliesI would say it should probably specify - otherwise, if the patient was expecting a lateral and received a medial, wouldn't that be considere...
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1 ReplyI was not at a pediatric hospital at the time, but the hospital made it mandatory to use smoke evacuation and surgeons had to learn how to deal w...
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1 Reply1. No. I have worked somewhere where they did that, though. But it is very time consuming.
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