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S K I N P R E P P I N G
The Case for
The opportunity
to reduce
infections is
just one of
several benefits.
Mary Jo Steiert, BSN, RN, CNOR
Bonnie Zehr, RN
Vail, Colo.
Standardizing
Skin Preps
W
e prepare more than
3,000 patients a year
for surgery, and one
byproduct of all that
activity was that some
patients weren't having their skin prepped
before they entered the OR. In other cases,
they were prepped, but not as our physi-
HANDS ON Standardizing
skin preps is a way to empow-
er pre-op personnel who are
responsible for patient safety.
Pamela
Bevelhymer,
RN,
BSN
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