The button alerts the front desk staff, who asks the first available
OR leader (OR manager, OR director, medical director or chief oper-
ating officer) to report to the OR as soon as possible to resolve
issues that used to take days or even weeks to address. There are no
parameters for when
to press the button
— we made it clear
that any and all safe-
ty concerns are
important — but staff
have activated the
alert system only 13
since we installed it
last September. Our
hospital's IT depart-
ment needed only a
day to add the alert
to our call system.
Allison Crawford,
BSN, RN, CRNI
Sentara Healthcare
Norfolk, Va.
ancrawfo@
sentara.com
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Properly dried channels
reduce the risk of infection.
• The Airtime Instrument Channel Dryer
uses HEPA fi ltered air to dry the air/water,
suction and auxiliary water channels after
automated reprocessing. Also available
with an instrument air option.
• Uses two independent pumps and timers
that will dry two scopes simultaneously.
Air pressure will not drop when you begin
drying a second scope.
• Airtime's dual screen allows for two
instruments to be dried with independent
start and stop times.
• Restricted channel sensors will
immediately shut o? the Airtime pump
and alert the user of a potentially clogged
channel.
• Available options: IV pole mounted, wall
mounted or on a table stand.
