ment. Ms. Kelly notes that the dot is not placed on the patient's scrub
cap, which can shift or be removed; it's placed directly on the patient's
skin, so there's no question about which eye it should sit above.
As they do in most facilities, surgeons in the Saint Clare's Health
System sign their ini-
tials at the surgical site
with an indelible
marker when patients
are in the pre-op hold-
ing area. The hospital
health system also
stocks sterile markers
that can be used to
make additional marks
in the OR, as might be
necessary during
breast surgery.
Ms. Kirchner says
her facilities use sin-
gle-use markers specif-
ically designed for site
marking so the ink
doesn't rub off during
skin prepping. She
says the markers' pur-
ple ink can be difficult
to see on patients with
dark skin, so in those
instances her staff
triple checks the surgi-
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