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3 5 F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 4 | O U T P AT 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 But I mark every site that I operate on with my initials, so that I have to cut my initials to get the surgery done." And of course he uses ink that won't wash off with skin prep. That's the best approach, says Mr. Byrum: "I really believe with all my heart that the surgeon's initials at the site of the surgical procedure, or as near as physically possible, is one of the single best ways to ensure that the surgeon is engaged, knows the site, and that the whole staff is engaged and in agreement." The fact that many facilities still haven't instituted that rule is some- thing Mr. Byrum has trouble wrapping his head around. "Asking people to use different markings and different conventions is like having no agreement on what a stop sign should look like," he says. "If you don't have consistency in the way it's done, and everybody does something a little different, the probability of recog- nizing a stop sign goes down. Why wouldn't you settle on a consis- tent marking conven- tion that everybody knows, everybody agrees to and every- body does every time?" Only human Why indeed? "There's a lot of pushback on standardization P R E - O P S A F E T Y ® and TM are owned by Ansell Limited or one of its affi liates. © 2014 Ansell Limited. All rights reserved. Healthcare Safety Devices SANDEL Patient Safety Solutions REDUCE THE RISK OF NEVER EVENTS IN YOUR O.R. For more information or to place an order, call 866-764-3327 or visit www.Ansell.com/SANDEL. Ansell provides a complete line of SANDEL Never Event Protection products designed to help prevent costly surgical errors and aid in compliance with The Joint Commission. OSE_1402_part2_Layout 1 2/6/14 2:56 PM Page 35

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