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Ideas That Work
ITW
W
e
used
to
struggle with get-
ting residents, sur-
geons and staff to put
on eye protection
before procedures.
They would scrub in
and get questioned on
why they weren't
wearing eyewear
before a nurse would
have to run out and
get them a pair. Now,
we made eyewear
nearly impossible to
forget by placing bins at the scrub sink along with signs reminding
staff and surgeons to take a pair. There are clean and dirty bins for
the glasses, so they are returned, cleaned and reused after a case, not
lost or tossed.
Brent Klev, MBA, BSN, RN
South Jordan Health Center
University of Utah Hospital and Clinics
South Jordan, Utah
brent.klev@hsc.utah.edu
Remind Staffers to Don Protective Eyewear
SCRUB
SINK
BINS
• EYEWEAR ACCESS Simply making protective eyewear more available increases compliance.
Brent
Klev,
MBA,
BSN,
RN
