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IDEAS That Work
PACK TO PREPARE
Save a Few Minutes By Bagging Case Supplies
When a room's schedule is packed with carpal tunnel procedures, maybe 6 or 7 in a row, having supplies packed and ready to go at the beginning of the day can help make your staff more efficient. We gather up the necessary tourniquets, cotton undercast padding and clear adhesive drapes and place one of each into an individual plastic bag for each case of the day. That way we don't have to run around pulling each supply during the turnovers for each case. This may only save a few minutes per case, but minutes add up.
Martha Andres, MSN, BSN, RN
Mayo Clinic Hospital
Phoenix, Ariz.
andres.martha@mayo.edu
GET THEM READY Packaging tourniquets, padding
and drapes together helps to speed setups between carpal tunnel cases.
