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Awards
than 60% of the time." To turn
things around, Ms. Stewart suggests you share low compliance
rates with your staff, identify weaknesses in your delivery method and
develop practical steps to improve
the process. For example, base
antibiotic delivery on the OR schedule in real-time instead of the proposed scheduled time of cases,
and have the circulator start the
drip instead of the pre-op nurses.
Ms. Stewart says circulators have
their fingers on the pulse of the OR
schedule and know when drips
should begin for upcoming cases.
Earn Passing Grades
Premier Physicians Ambulatory
Surgery Center,
Westlake, Ohio
Director Jenny Pietrick, RN, has
her staff secretly watch the hand
hygiene practices of a colleague or
physician throughout an entire day,
which usually involves caring for 7
