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IDEAS That Work
POP TOP IN PLACE Secure straws by placing them through the tab.
POST-OP BEVERAGE SERVICE
Tame Runaway Straws
When you serve PACU patients a canned soft drink, try this to keep the straw from floating up and falling out of the spout: After you snap the tab open, swing it around over the spout and place the straw through it. That'll hold the straw in place.
Pamela Bentz, RN
North Memorial Ambulatory Surgery Center at Maple Grove
Maple Grove, Minn.
pbentz@nmascmg.com