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Pre-Positioning
Patients Saves
Time
I
n the assembly-line
nature of cataract sur-
gery, every minute mat-
ters. Our RNs use a yard-
stick to make sure cataract
surgery patients' stretchers
are just the right height —
usually between 32 and 36
inches, depending on the
surgeon — before we
wheel them into the OR.
So instead of spending 3 or
4 minutes getting the
patient into the right posi-
tion, our OR staff can get
right to work. We do as
many as 30 cataract proce-
dures a day, so the time we
save really adds up.
Kathy Lutz, RN
Hazleton (Pa.) Ambulatory
Surgical Center
kathyl@eyedocs1.com
TIME-SAVER Position patients and
adjust the height of their stretchers
before they go in for cataract surgery.
Sally
Mitchell,
RN
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