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and provide their feedback.
Ms. Trizzino analyzes the responses to see which products they should consider adding. The facility completed its last trial in June, and decided to add blunt suture needles because they are, simply, a safer option, even though they’re not necessarily easier to use.
Lisa Horvath, RN, director of perioperative services at Roper Hospital in Charleston, S.C., says her ORs are filled with fatigue mats for surgeons and staff to stand on, sharps safety solutions and direct-to-drain fluid management systems. Smoke evacuators are standard during heavy-smoke-generating cases.
She also purchased direct-to-drain fluid management systems when evidence-based research indicated that was the safest and best way to handle excess runoff.
Her staff uses forced-air
