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Ideas Work
That
Is That Case Cart Complete?
O
ur case pickers use these colored cones to indicate when a
case cart is complete and ready to go to the OR (green
means go) and when it's missing an instrument or supply
(yellow means wait). We also place a plain white cone in decontami-
nation to signal to staff that an instrument or set is needed for a case
later in the day.
Bruce R. Grendell,
MPH, BSN, RN, PHN, CNOR
Scripps Green Hospital
La Jolla, Calif.
grendell.bruce@scrippshealth.org
• READY TO ROLL? Colored cones let case pickers know whether a case cart is ready to go to the OR.
Kenneth
Hare
