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Heavy Duty - October 2016 - Subscribe to Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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O C T O B E R 2 0 1 6 • O U T PA T I E N TS U R G E R Y. N E T • 1 7 How do you keep staff from texting, tweeting, gaming or facebooking in the OR? • Drop-off basket. Place a basket by the time clock for staff to store their phones when they check in. "When they clock out for lunch, they can pick up their phones and return them to the basket after lunch," says Ms. Walker, who's considering the idea. • Create a charging station. Place a few charging cables for Apple and Android devices in the locker room so staff can power up their devices while they're in the OR. "This could be the visual reminder staff need to keep phones out of patient-care areas," says Kathy Spencer, BSN, RN, clinical director of the Horizon Eye Care Laser & Eye Surgery Center in Margate, N.J. • Enforce your policy. Give your cell-phone policy some teeth. Have every staff member read and initial your policy that bans cell phones from patient-care areas. "If they are found carrying a cell phone, they will be disciplined," says Robin Erwin, RN, administrator of the Faith Regional Surgery Center in Norfolk, Neb. If you'd like help drafting a cell phone policy, download the Princeton (N.J.) Endoscopy Center's at out- patientsurgery.net/forms. "We even had staff texting each other while they're in the same room," says Carroll Harrell, RN, CAPA, director of the endo center. "It's a huge problem." — Dan O'Connor

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