10. Disinfect Your Mobile Devices
The use of personal mobile devices in the OR is a hot-button topic.
Proponents of the technology argue smart phones and tablets provide
surgical team members with instant access to clinically important
information and the ability to use a host of helpful surgery-centric
apps. Opponents believe that staff members who bring personal
devices into the OR are tempted to surf the web and check social
media instead of focusing on safe patient care. We all can agree that
staff are never without their mobile devices and the high-touch
screens are reservoirs for microorganisms. Thankfully, the
ReadyDock uses germicidal light to disinfect the devices your staff
carry into the OR in less than a minute. If you allow smartphones and
tablets into the OR, staff should disinfect the screens before they
bring them into the room.
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• SCREEN SAVER The ReadyDock system cleans smartphones and tablets in less than a minute.
Ms. Matson (leslie@almss.com) is a nurse consultant with ALM Surgical Solutions
in Atlanta, Ga. Check out her blog, A Scrubs Life, at ascrubslife.com.