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IDEAS That Work
Practical pearls from your colleagues
ONE GOOD TURN
Big Wheels Improve Patient Transport
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BIG WHEEL When maintenance added larger wheels to recovery chairs, patient transport became less of an uphill push.
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O U T PAT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E | N O V E M B E R 2013
Lisa Moschkau, RN, BSN, MASL
ur 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
