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How Will You Stop Her Pain? February 2015 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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2 4 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 | F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 5 I D E A S T H A T W O R K E M P T Y Y O U R P O C K E T S Ensure unused Supplies Find Their Way Back to Storage Room P osition a shelf of bins outside the ORs where surgical techs can stash unused supplies that need to go back to storage. Assign a bin to each tech (ours had fun and personalized theirs). They can return the supplies during their down- time, so they're not spending valuable minutes running back to the storage area between cases. The bins also help prevent supply waste and hoarding. Carol Fairchild, RN, BS, CASC Crane Center for Ambulatory Surgery Pittsfield, Mass. cfairchild@bhs1.org z PRiVATE STASH Personalized bins help prevent surgical waste. Carol Fairchild, RN, BS, CASC

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