Taking the plunge
There are several benefits to adding a closed fluid waste management
system.
• Improved efficiencies. Mobile carts used at Boston Out-Patient
Surgical Suites don't
fill up until after 2 or
3 procedures. Staff
used to empty numer-
ous standalone suc-
tion canisters after
each case, a task that
delayed room
turnover and slowed
down the schedule.
The ORs at
Ascension Macomb-
Oakland Hospital in
Madison Heights,
Mich., can be turned
over in 10 or 15 min-
utes, in part because
the hospital now uses
a closed fluid man-
agement system to
capture fluid before it
hits the floor, says
Pamela Borello-
Barnett, BS, RN,
CNOR, CSSM, the
facility's clinical nurse
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