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Secrets to Speedier Room Turnover - November 2013 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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OSE_1311_part2_Layout 1 11/6/13 9:41 AM Page 131 W A S T E M A N A G E M E N T I n the wake of Stryker's voluntary recall of the Neptune 1 Silver and Neptune 2 Waste Manage-ment Systems, Outpatient Surgery surveyed facilities hosting orthopedic cases about their preferred fluid disposal options. More than half (57.4%) of our respondents say they predominantly use portable suction units that roll to docking stations for closed and automated direct-to-drain disposal of fluid runoff. Not surprisingly, most of these respondents cite safety as the main factor driving their purchasing decisions. Effective suction, they say, can prevent slips, falls and injuries on slick, puddled OR floors. "Keep the floors dry at all cost, for the safety of the staff in FLUID FACTORS Solidifying the contents the room," says of suction canisters can be safer, but more expensive, than manually dumping them Rebecca Vitillo, RN, down the drain. BSN, LNC, MSJ, administrator and director of nursing at the Meadows Surgery Center in Rutherford, N.J. Suction with closed disposal shields surgical personnel from exposure to potentially infectious materials in fluid waste, says Janice Stewart, RN, BSN, nurse administrator for the SurgCenter of Bel Air in Maryland. "It is important for the safety of staff members to have a closed system where contaminated fluid is not handled directly," she N O V E M B E R 2013 | 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 1 3 1

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