J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 • O U T PA T I E N TS U R G E R Y. N E T • 1 9
T
he kick bucket is
customarily low to
the floor. To ease
back strain, we elevated it in
one of our ring stands to
decrease the amount of bending
the floor nurses must do when
they pick up the dirty Ray-Tec
sponges and place them in our
count bags.
Christopher M. Lomboy,
RN, BSN, RNFA, MBA
Kaiser Permanente San Jose
Ambulatory Surgery Center
San Jose, Calif.
chris.m.lomboy@kp.org
Elevate Your
Kick Bucket
ERGONOMICS
• ELEVATED JoAnna Weston, RN, came up with the idea to elevate the kick
bucket to ease back strain.
