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

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Page 15 IDEAS That Work ROUTINE REMINDER Keep Tabs On Labs If a patient on the day's surgery schedule has labs that have been ordered and are pending, the admitting nurse writes this up on the whiteboard. These notes serve as visual reminders to patient transporters, the CNAs who take patients to the pre-surgical holding area 30 minutes before they're wheeled into the OR. The transporters will ask the charge nurse if the results are available at that time. If they are, we print them immediately and add them to the chart. If they're not, there's still 30 minutes to get them. The transporter will be sure to alert the case's circulator or the pre-surgical holding nurse, which can cut down on start-time delays. ON BOARD Jessica Craig, RN, BSN, makes a note of pending labs. Stephanie Divino, RN, BSN Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center Idaho Falls, Idaho stephanie.divino@hcahealthcare.com

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