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Watch Your Step - May 2014 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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1 0 0 O U T P AT 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 | M AY 2 0 1 4 7. Consider service contracts. We have our big-ticket items, such as phacoemulsification handpieces, under service contracts. If we have a problem with anything, the handpiece can be changed out and we can usually get a replacement within a day or two. It's com- forting, because we have a lot of handpieces to take care of, and we know if one goes down, we can not only get it replaced very quickly, but also at reasonable cost. 8. Keep references handy. Be sure to have manufacturers' handbooks that accompany all instrumentation and have directions for use and cleaning near the reprocessing area. I also recommend that you have on hand the guidebook Care and Handling of Ophthalmic Microsurgical Instruments ( tinyurl.com/lmvczo2 ). When there's staff turnover, new people have to understand why they're reprocessing instruments certain ways and what can happen if they do things improperly or cut corners. They need to understand why it's important to repetitively do the same things on every single case and on all of the instruments that they take care of. OSM Ms. Beltramba ( eb eltra mb a@g mail.com ) is center director at the Eye Surgery and Laser Center in Winter Haven, Fla. O P H T H A L M O L O G Y OSE_1405_part2_Layout 1 5/8/14 2:24 PM Page 100

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