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Hand-Healthy Hand Scrubs - December 2013 - Subscribe to Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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OSE_1213_part2_Layout 1 12/5/13 2:55 PM Page 101 M E D I C A T I O N S A F E T Y 6. DON'T OPEN UNTIL … Contemporary consensus is clear: Syringes should not be unwrapped until they're needed — meaning as close to the time of administration as possible. No doubt, the anesthesia provider whose cart provided this photo figured it was a good idea to save time, but at what cost? Not only is there a general sterility issue here, in a situation like this, how much more likely is it that a used syringe might accidentally end up in the big pile of "good" ones? D E C E M B E R 2013 | 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 1 0 1

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