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Anesthesia Plus - February 2013 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine - Subscribe

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OSE_1303_part3_Layout 1 2/7/13 4:35 PM Page 160 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS chart, even though some EMR programs don't let you put all the facts in. • Historian. Yes, I know you do this procedure the same way every time. Yes, I know your preference sheet isn't correct. No, I don't know who's supposed to fix that. Yes, I know how long you've been operating here. • Urban planner. What is the best use of this space? How are we going to fit all that equipment into this tiny room and still fit the patient and a sterile field? We'll need to set some boundaries here to turn this chaos into order. • Actuary. What's the probability that events that have occurred in this room before (we opened 1 too many sutures, we dropped the ligaclip, the cautery and suction fell off the field) will happen again, and how can we minimize the cost on them? If only Florence Nightingale could see how versatile we've become. I think we all need a raise. OSM Ms. Watkins can be reached at pwatkins12@comcast.net. 1 6 0 O U T PAT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E | F E B R U A R Y 2013

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