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M
arlene Brunswick, RN, CNOR, swears by using
portable direct-to-drain units to help keep fluid off
the floors during shoulder scopes and knee arthro-
scopies. "It's the best decision I've made in
decades," says the director of perioperative servic-
How Do You Manage
Fluid Waste?
Readers reveal what it takes to keep OR floors dry during
the messiest procedures.
Pamela
Bevelhymer,
RN,
BSN
Daniel Cook
Executive Editor
• DIRECT TO DRAIN Portable units
capture fluid runoff without exposing
staff to infectious material.