agent is about to be administered. Verbal medication orders should
be verified by speak-back, announced when given, and entered into
the chart. When the procedure is completed, perform a clean sweep:
discard all syringes and containers that aren't connected to the
patient.
OSM
O C T O 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 • 5 7
Dr.
Wahr
(jawahr@umn.edu)
is
vice
chair
of
quality
and
safety
in
the
depart-
ment
of
anesthesiology,
and
executive
medical
director
of
perioperative
domain
at
M
Health
Fairview
and
the
University
of
Minnesota
in
Minneapolis.
