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IDEAS
That Work
T
he squeaky
wheels on
rolling equip-
ment and squealing
drawers on case
carts got our nurses
and surgeons com-
plaining and demand-
ing we purchase new
items. But that would
have been unwise,
since there was noth-
ing structurally wrong
with them. If you work
a little bit of K-Y Jelly
around the friction
points, though, they sound as good as new. Almost any kind of surgical
facility is going to have a water-based lube on hand, and unlike oils or other
industrial lubricants, water-based lubes don't contain contaminants or flam-
mable ingredients that you wouldn't want in your ORs. Best of all, it's been
over a year since we tried out this solution and we haven't heard any
squeaks since.
Jimmy Henderson
Outpatient Surgery Center
of Jonesboro (Ark.)
jhenderson@oscj.us
WHEEL WISDOM
Silence Those Squeaky Wheels
LET'S ROLL Water-based lube
can safely eliminate squeaks.
Jimmy
Henderson
