S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 9 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y. N E T • 7 9
INFECTION PREVENTION
Sponsored by
L
ast fall, Saint
Francis Health
System in
Tulsa, Okla.,
made a big
push to improve point-of-use
instrument cleaning by post-
ing a new regimen for staff to
follow in every OR. "We're
keeping our instruments
soaking and wiped down dur-
ing cases," says Tamra Luna,
MSN, RN, CNOR, the OR
manager of surgery services
at Saint Francis. "As soon as
the case is done and the
patient's out of the room, we
make sure we get all the
'chunks and hunks' off the
instruments."
Doing away with the
"chunks and hunks" — along
with the significant strides the staff has made over the past year
toward eliminating SSIs — has earned Saint Francis the OR Excellence
Award for Infection Prevention.
Stepping Up to Prevent SSIs
Staff at Saint Francis Health System has worked hard
to significantly lower infection risks — and they're not done yet.
Joe Paone | Senior Associate Editor
• ON THE SPOT A surgical staffer pre-cleans and moistens instru-
ments to prevent the build-up of bioburden.
Saint
Francis
Health
System