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"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 1 1 6 O U T P A T 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 | M A Y 2 0 1 5 (800) 924.4655 sales @ mti.net mti.net/stretcherbed MTI's new 440 Mobile Quad Battery-powered Stretcher Bed is ideal for the safe, rapid and stable transportation of patients from pre-op to surgery and recovery. With this model you will also get superior patient accessibility, a revolutionary lightweight lithium ion battery and the thinnest backrest on the market. SUPERIOR MOBILITY. SUPERIOR RESULTS. Strenght in Patient Careā„¢

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