list covers everything you need to ready a
room in a safe and orderly fashion. In case
you can't read my handwriting, here's what
each hand on the OR Clock signifies:
12 Is your bed ready to receive
your patient?
1 Have you spoken with anesthesia?
2 Do you need your boom set up for your
case start, do you need lead?
3 Have you communicated with your surgeon?
4 Have you started all necessary programs for your case?
5 Did you pull necessary supplies from the core, including drugs?
6 Is your case cart completed and in the room with necessary pans
included?
7 Do you have all the necessary equipment in the room, and is it ori-
ented appropriately for your case?
8 Help your scrub or first assistant open for the case.
9 Have you discussed with your scrub if they are ready to bring the
patient back?
10 Do you have your positioning aids close and available for your case
start? Did you turn on your Bovie machine, and is your suction
hooked up and ready to attach to the field?
11 If you've completed all these steps, then your room is properly set
up and you're ready to go!
Natalie Stewart-Mast, BSN, RN
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital
at Vanderbilt
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• LIKE CLOCKWORK Natalie Stewart-Mast,
BSN, RN, stands before her OR Clock poster at
the AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo.
Nashville, Tenn.
natalie.k.stewart@vumc.org.