E
quipment booms can serve
many needs in the OR, but
at Saratoga Hospital in
Saratoga Springs, N.Y., their main appeal to surgical
staffers is that they'll make sure a room's video equipment
stays right where it is.
"Booms keep nurses from having to be hunter-gatherers," says
Sharman Lisieski, RN, CNOR, the hospital's OR and PACU director.
"We're not pushing the cart from room to room. Turnover time is a big
piece of the day, and in the time it takes to retrieve and set up the
video equipment, we can already bring the image up in the field."
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z HOLD EVERYTHING Equipment booms keep surgical
technology and clinical information within arm's reach.
Arthur
Ano,
BSN,
RN,
CNOR,
CST
Structure, use and space should factor into the decision.
David Bernard
Senior Associate Editor