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the photos that are contrary to AORN standards, OSHA, CDC and the
like.
"We fight to get people to change," says Ms. Seddon. "If our staff
sees someone wearing earrings in a national magazine, they'll say,
'She's wearing it. Why can't I?'"
We also heard from Patricia Castellano, RN, the infection control
coordinator of the Ambulatory Surgery Center of Westchester in Mt.
Kisco, N.Y.
"It's almost as if you're endorsing this practice," she says. "Your magazine is truly trying to help outpatient surgical facilties and patients.
You don't want to indirectly endorse something that you really
oppose."
Ms. Castellano cited us for a photo showing a most improper intubation: a gloveless anesthesiologist wearing a gold wrist watch and eyeglasses, and a goggleless tech wearing a scrub gown as a robe. "She
should have a scrub jacket on," she says. Ms. Castellano also spotted
the always-popular mask dangling around the neck photo. "It's either
down and off or up and on," she politely reminded us.
"It's surprising that people submit photos of that type and don't realize
that there's something wrong," says Ms. Castellano, a nurse for 37 years.
"Your magazine should be proofed by someone who knows."
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