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Surgery Center in Fort Worth, Texas, for ensuring every surgical team member fully understands how
to detect and treat malignant hyperthermia, for tirelessly promoting sharps safety and for conducting
detailed fall risk assessments during pre-op phone histories.
• Infection Control. Cherry Maloney, RN, director of central sterile at Callahan Eye Hospital in
Birmingham, Ala., for creating an OR-central sterile task force to improve communication between 2
groups that don't always see eye to eye.
• Pain Management. Brittney Lathem, RN, quality coordinator at Texas Health Women's Specialty
Surgery Center in Dallas, for reducing narcotic use through the administration of non-opioid analgesics in pre-op and the injection of local anesthetics at the incision site.
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