"We absolutely cannot be efficient without [QuickRinse]," says Nancy Haskell, RN,
CNOR, director of nursing at the Capitol City Surgery Center in Sacramento, Calif. "It
automatically delivers the amount of fluid that is most often the recommended in the
directions for use, and the air-dry cycle means the instrument personnel do not have to sit
with syringes and push fluid through. They can be working on cleaning other instru-
ments."
At Cheyenne (Wyo.) Eye Surgery, staff use the QuickRinse on all lumened instruments.
"It's a time-saver and it does a good job of flushing the appropriate amount of irrigation
fluid," says Jeanne Koppinger, RN, the director and nursing supervisor.
2. Dropless cataract surgery. The days of sending post-op patients home with a prescrip-
tion for eye drops might soon be gone. A single prophylactic injection of a steroid-antibiot-
ic combination, delivered intraoperatively, is gaining growing support as a replacement
for traditional antibiotic eye
drops that patients adminis-
ter (you hope) at home.
Imprimis Pharmaceuticals's
proprietary compounded
formulations prevent the
risk of post-op infection and
inflammation while simpli-
fying patients' care by doing
away with post-op drops. A
single intraoperative injec-
tion of Tri-Moxi (triamci-
nolone acetonide and moxi-
floxacin hydrochloride) or
Tri-Moxi+Vancomycin into
the vitreous enables the
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