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Accreditation Dings - August 2013 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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Page 63 I N F E C T I O N P R E V E N T I O N Are Your Antibiotics On Time, Every Time? Readers share their best practices for dosing on the dot. David Bernard Senior Associate Editor Are your patients getting their pre-op antibiotics on time? Here's how your colleagues are beating the clock. Make it someone's job Assign the delivery of antibiotics to a designated staffer, perhaps rotating the responsibility by day, to create ownership and accountability. At Hyde Park Surgery Center in Austin, Texas, the OR circulator starts antibiotics on the way to the operating room, says Jami Osterlund, RN, administrative director. The anesthesia provider at the Valley Ambulatory Surgery Center in St. Charles, Ill., starts the antibi Carol Cappella, Delray Beach (Fla.) Surgery Center IV DELIVERY Assigning antibiotic administration to a particular staffer or linking it to required steps can keep it on time.

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