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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 | JANUARY 2015
W
ould you protest if one of your physicians says it's
okay for an unaccompanied patient who received
propofol to leave your facility in a taxi? We put this
question to a vote of our readers. Most agreed — it's not a good
idea. Three-fourths (75%) of the 407 respondents to our online
reader poll wouldn't let a patient take a cab home. About one-
T i p s , t r e n d s a n d n e w s y o u c a n u s e
S U R G E O N S ' L O U N G E
T i p s , t r e n d s a n d n e w s y o u c a n u s e
Would You Let a Patient
Take a Taxi Home Alone?
CaLLInG a CaB
z HOMewarD BOUnD? Three-fourths (75%) of the 407 respondents to a recent Outpatient Surgery
online reader poll say they wouldn't let an unaccompanied patient leave their facility in a taxi.