Outpatient Surgery Magazine - Subscribers

Not the Retiring Type - January 2015 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

Outpatient Surgery Magazine, providing current information on Surgical Services, Surgical Facility Administration, Outpatient Surgery News and Trends, OR Excellence and more.

Issue link: http://outpatientsurgery.uberflip.com/i/443984

Contents of this Issue

Navigation

Page 80 of 148

utility costs as low as practical without assigning staff to light-switch-monitoring duty, says Sharon Dillon, RN, CNOR, CRNO, CASC, administrator of the Eye Surgery Center at the Biltmore in Phoenix, Ariz. "We have lights with motion sensors and thermostats that are set to increase or lower during times of non- occupancy," she says. Reusing is rec ycling In addition to encouraging recycling through- out the facility, Ms. Neiderer's hospital also participates in a single-use device reprocess- ing program. Many facilities have found dual advantages in such partnerships with FDA- approved companies. "This allowed us to decrease our red-bin usage and purchase January 2015 | O U T PAT I E N TS U R G E R Y. N E T zPUT IT WHERE THEY'LL SEE ITMaking it easy to do the right thing helps to get it done. Pam Neiderer, RN, BSN, CNOR

Articles in this issue

Links on this page

Archives of this issue

view archives of Outpatient Surgery Magazine - Subscribers - Not the Retiring Type - January 2015 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine