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umentation on hand for the physician to
review, and have several hard-stops built into
the pre-op process long before the patient
ever makes it to the procedure room's door
if there's any question about which eye is
scheduled to be operated on. As an added
safety measure, require that physicians send
you their office assessments of patients. Give
the assessments to the circulator, who'll use
them, along with the routine paperwork, to
confirm the correct patient, site and side.
Post assessments near patients in the OR, so
physicians can refer to them during the
immediate pre-op time out and again just
before lens implantation.
5. Lens management
Keeping lenses supplied on consignment will
save you money, but it demands a great deal
of support from your primary lens vendor to
ensure needed implants are always in stock
and cases go on as scheduled. Have physicians submit lens requests at least 2 days
before the day of surgery. At that time, pull
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