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Any recommendations for a surgical hand scrub for staff with allergies to the coventional products (Betadine, ...
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Would like to know what other organizations are doing in regards to letting observers/visitors/students come ...
Deborah Lewis
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We are looking at how we are going to bring back students into the OR. Has anyone found anything from AORN or other ...
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Two of our plastic surgeons that do digit reattachments are requesting leeches. Do any of you use them? What is ...
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With no visible soil, what is your policy about frequency of cleaning the hospital curtains in the pre-op/PACU ...
Angelina Ng
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My clinic cleans them every 6 months. Honestly, I think that is too long.
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What patient warming system do you use for your open heart surgeries? We currently use the Kimberly Clark patient ...
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We are revising our count policy. We are curious how other facilities count large retractor systems like the ...
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Does your facility document the grounding pad Lot #?
Marcy Riley
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Yes we do, I started at a free standing Surgery Center 15 years ago. I was In a hospital prior and had never documented ...
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I know injectable for tx of pediatric/neonatal pneumonia (the FDA indication) is being pulled. But all ...
Carrie Campbell
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Our hospital joint surgeons have been using irrisept irrigation for about two years now. The evidence from the ...
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Is there any documentation stating how many patients to nurses ratio for pre and post op patients? I am a small rural ...
Connie Allen
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I believe when a patient comes into PACU from surgery and has been intubated it is one on one,with another nurse ...
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Does anyone have a Robotic Orientation checklist i can use? Thanks.
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How do your facilities run a code in the OR? Who runs the code and calls the code? Are your surgeons ACLS certified and ...
I am at a critical access hospital also. We do not have a code team, but if a code is called in the OR, the house ...
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We are opening a new facility and will be having retina as one of our specialties. Does anyone have a blank ...
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Looking for good definitions/examples to help educate staff appropriately on the difference between IRFO, ...
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We have followed AORN standards for covering of set ups only when necessary. What is AORN's recommendations of ...