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Throw Away The Script - Outpatient Surgery Magazine - February 2019

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Consistency is key Policies can guide your facility toward a safer OR, but it's up to your staff to put them into action. When David Comer, RN, BSN, CNOR, greets a patient before surgery, he follows the same procedure every time. It doesn't matter if he has a patient's chart in front of him or he received the information from another nurse, he confirms key elements himself. He's asking about implants, pacemakers, NPO and allergies. He's double-checking that the correct patient is having the correct procedure at the correct time. "I just want to hear it from the patient's mouth," says Mr. Comer, a circulating nurse at McLaren Macomb in Mount Clemens, Mich. After participating in thousands of procedures over 35 years, Mr. Comer says it might be easy to take the process for granted. Those years of experience can make you feel like you've seen it all. "I can't become complacent in that," says Mr. Comer. "That's when you start to miss things." For him, safety in the OR is all about one key principle that has become second nature. "You have to do it the same way all the time," he says. OSM F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 9 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y. N E T • 5 9 David Comer, RN, BSN, CNOR

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