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A
fter working the 3:00 to 11:30 p.m. off shift in the
operating room at Advocate Christ Medical Center
in Oak Lawn, Ill., for 32 years, Tracy
Haberkorn, RN, BSN, MS, CNOR, went
part-time and got a new title 6 years
ago: epidemiology coordinator of sur-
SSI PREVENTION
A late career switch stamping out surgical site infections.
A Bridge Between
Infection Prevention and the OR
Tracy
Haberkorn,
RN,
BSN,
MS,
CNOR
• PICKIES Advocate Christ Medical
Center stores an inventory of peel
pouches ("pickies") in the ORs for
those single instruments that are
likely to be flash-sterilized.
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