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IDEAS That Work
Practical pearls from your colleagues
ONE GOOD TURN
Big Wheels Improve Patient Transport
BIG WHEEL When maintenance added larger wheels to recovery chairs, patient transport became less of an uphill push.
Lisa Moschkau, RN, BSN, MASL
Our maintenance staff saw our CRNAs and techs struggling and straining to push sedated post-op patients in recliner chairs from the OR through the carpeted Phase 2 recovery area. So they suggested removing the 2 little, stubbornly zigzagging rear wheels and replacing them with bigger ones, like those on a tricycle, making the chairs easier to push and steer. Problem solved, and less risk of on-the-job aches and pains.
Lisa Moschkau, RN, BSN, MASL
St. Cloud, Minn.
St. Cloud Surgical Center
lisa.moschkau@scasurgery.com
