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hat are your practices when doing straight local cases in
your ORs? Do you start an IV, maintain NPO status and
provide a monitor nurse?
"We do several local cases: No IV, no NPO," says Lorraine Gambol, man-
ager of the Surgery Center of Chester County in suburban Philadelphia.
"We put patients in a gown, shoe covers and a hat, and monitor their oxy-
gen saturation. The circulator stays with patients until they leave the OR
area."
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How Do You Handle Straight Local Cases?
nO IV, nO nPO
z rUleS FOr lOCal What are your clinical policies for patients receiving local anesthesia?
