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Pop Quiz
1. True or false? The best way
to manage distractions from
electronic devices in the
surgical setting is to require
everyone to leave their
devices with the front desk.
2. In the OR, the majority of
percutaneous sharps
injuries occur to:
a. Staff involved in the
decontamination process.
b. Surgeons and surgical
residents.
Fluid Warming Streamlined
c. Surgical technologists.
• Increase regulatory compliance:
• Display actual temperature of every bag
• Records the shelf life of every bag
d. Perioperative nurses.
• Improve processes:
• Efficiently warm patients from admission
to discharge
• Save space and footsteps by warming
fluids at the point of use
3. The best reason for
scrubbed team members to
• Save money:
• Reduce disposable costs while warming
20-140 liters of fluid over 12 hours
double-glove is because:
a. It is easier to correct
• Increase reimbursements:
• Reduce SSIs and time spent in the PACU
• Increase patient satisfaction surveys &
clinical outcomes
contamination.
b. Glove manufacturers
have invested a lot of
ivNow-3 pedestal-mounted
counter top module with tilt kit
money for this research.
just how
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quickly ivNow can
c. Wearing two pairs of
gloves helps reduce
Warming patients inside and out
glove perforations to the
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