all patients receive a total-body (chin to toes) or
site-specific CHG bath with warm saturated
wipes.
• MRSA nasal swabs. About an hour before
surgery, povidone-'iodine nasal swabs are
applied to patients who meet certain criteria —
any implant case (spine, joint, open heart), neu-
rosurgery cases and patients who've developed
resistance to antibiotics used to treat MRSA.
Staff apply 2 swabs in each nare for 30 seconds
each.
• Skin prep audit. A skin prep vendor rep
spent 4 days at the hospital observing staff
applying the prep and then gave feedback. Were
they applying the product properly? Allowing
enough time to dry? The vendor rep also admin-
istered yearly service-specific prep competen-
cies for all RNs.
7 6 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E • S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 7
9 Orchard, Suite 111
Lake Forest, CA 92630
www.optisurgical.com
info@optisurgical.com
Call AOI for Information
800.576.1266 or
949.580.1266
Instrument Rinse System
®
• For instruments with lumen
and tubing
• Provides consistent rinsing
pressure and volume
regardless of the operator
• Eliminates hand fatigue caused
by repetitive syringe use
• Frees up your hands to perform
other tasks, greatly improving
the speed and efficiency of
your reprocessing department
Still rinsing
with a syringe?
Use the
• NASAL SWABS MRSA About an hour before surgery, select patients receive povi-
done-iodine nasal swabs.
Tracy
Haberkorn,
RN,
BSN,
MS,
CNOR
