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patient waiting in the hall into the room and
position her for surgery. The whole process
should run like clockwork.
4. Hallway site marking
All fast-track patients are required to stop by
the physician's office to have the correct eye
marked before coming to the hospital, which
lets the pre-op nurses begin dilation drops as
soon as they arrive for surgery. Cataract surgeons can mark the correct eye on patients in
the hallway outside procedure rooms. While
allowing marking to be done right before
patients enter the OR might be controversial
to some, it can be done for efficiency's sake
(surgeons waste valuable minutes leaving the
procedure area to mark patients in pre-op).
And, keep in mind, cataract patients are not
sedated until they enter the OR and can still
actively participate in the site-marking
process.
The nurse and surgeon confer with the
patient in the hallway to ensure the correct
eye is marked. Have all of the necessary doc8 0
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