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A Drug Diverter Comes Clean - Outpatient Surgery Magazine - December 2017

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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 • D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 7 The Waffle Grip Positioning System from Augustine borrows from the same idea that keeps your rugs from sliding to help keep patients in place when they're in the Trendelenburg posi- tion. It wraps around the table and over a warming pad to help keep patients both safe and comfort- able. There's also a draw sheet designed specifically to tuck arms in, which is a pretty cool idea. 3M's Bair Hugger Temperature Monitoring System, which attaches to the patient's forehead, is much more con- venient than an esophageal probe for monitoring patient core temperature during long procedures. It's also a lot more consistent and useful than the small strip a lot of outpa- tient centers use, since it displays average temperature over 5- minute periods. My only concern is that it's another monitor and another wire in an already-crowded OR. — Gregory Hickman, MD

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