of surgical services.
"They presented it at
our hospital fair.
Nurse educators saw
the presentation and
told our directors
about it."
A smaller Baptist
Health facility trialed a
smoke-evacuation
product, purchased it
and now uses it during
all procedures. Baptist
Hospital, which has 24
ORs, is trialing 2
devices now and
expects to be com-
pletely smoke-free in
the near future.
Ms. Evers says how
the idea came to be is
an important part of what makes the safety practices at Baptist Health
tick. "It came from the bedside," she says.
It's likely that the hospital will select the device already in use at the
smaller facility in the health system, as standardization of equipment is a
goal of Baptist Health's perioperative directors.
"In addition to being cost effective and efficient, having the same
equipment at each facility makes sense for a lot of reasons," says Ms.
Evers. "If we ever need to borrow from each other, it's already in the
system, it's easy to find and the surgeons are familiar with how it
7 2 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E • S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 9
Rachel
Evers,
MSN,
RN,
CNOR
GOT THEIR BACKS Staff at Baptist Hospital use a lifting device to remove the risk
of transferring heavier people from stretchers to operating tables.
