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implications for the next patient could be serious.
Providers in the OR (circulating nurses, ancillary staff, anesthesia providers) often place objects that fall onto floors back on work surfaces or on patients themselves. For example, IV tubing frequently contacts the floor as it drapes between the patient and the IV pump. Keep in mind that the OR floor is often contaminated with hospital organisms; therefore, items that fall on the floor should not be put back on top of patients. The biggest change we made to decrease OR pathogen contamination was to make our anesthesia
