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Manager's Guide to Staff & Patient Safety - October 2016

Outpatient Surgery Magazine, providing current information on Surgical Services, Surgical Facility Administration, Outpatient Surgery News and Trends, OR Excellence and more.

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2 8 S U P P L E M E N T T O 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 C T O B E R 2 0 1 6 WRONG-SIDE ANESTHESIA BLOCK Wrong-site anesthetic blocks are increasingly common. There's some debate about whether you should separately mark the regional anesthetic block site. If you do mark the block site, experts say you should place the mark after the surgeon marks the surgical site, so you don't obscure the surgeon's mark. Also be sure, experts say, that the anesthetic block mark isn't visible in the prepped and draped surgical field.

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