The digital positioning
tool is especially helpful
for visiting and rotating
clinicians who might be
unfamiliar with the facil-
ity's surgeons, according
to Ms. Bachetti. By
default, she is the point
person for any modifica-
tions and additions that
need to be made to the
positioning information.
"I just update it as we
go," she says. "Any facili-
ty can create PowerPoint
slides of surgeons' posi-
tioning preferences, as
long as they have one
person designated to
manage the project, and
staff who constantly pro-
vide updated positioning
information."
Pause for a cause
In August 2017, Ashley J. Rusch, BSN, RN, CNOR, nurse specialist with
UW Health University Hospital in Madison, Wis., was asked to help
review the way the facility's OR staff positioned patients for surgery. "It
stemmed from a need for a root cause analysis due to some of the
patient reported safety events we'd reviewed," she says. "We needed to
4 6 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E • F E B R U A R Y 2 0 2 0
• SAFETY CHECK It's important that all OR team members feel empowered to
make corrections when a patient's position is less than ideal.