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E F F I C I E N C Y
PRE-PACKAGED CONVENIENCE
Fredi Estevez RN, CNOR, tears open a
turnover kit at Winthrop University
Hospital in Mineola, N.Y.
Grove Place Surgery
Center in Vero Beach,
Fla., custom-made her
kits to include an OR
bed cover, armboard
covers with safety
straps, a lift sheet, an
OR trash bag, an anesthesia trash bag and a
bucket bag. "It's less
expensive than buying
each item on its own,"
she says.
Fewer footsteps, fewer dollars
A good part of the lure of OR turnover kits is that they're pre-packaged, so your techs and orderlies don't have to open cabinets and pull
drawers to gather supplies after every case — or perform the timeconsuming task of restocking your rooms with turnover supplies at
day's end.
"Having everything together helps reduce turnover and staff time to
put the kits together," says Cynthia Cash, RN, BSN, CNOR, ST, perioperative services nurse manager at Patewood Memorial Hospital in
Greenville, S.C.
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