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Battle Post-op Pain Without Opioids - April 2016 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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good news, because she went 0-for-3 trying to get her doctors to use safety bins, scalpels and needles. Her physicians trialed the products for a month, using them in dozens of cases and even filling out a survey, but they weren't ready to adopt them in practice. "The surgeons gave a good effort," says Ms. Thompson. They also gave valuable feedback on what they didn't like. One surgeon felt it was more dangerous to place sharps in a safety bin because he had to take his eyes away from the field and worry about where he was laying the sharp. Another said he felt like he need- ed both hands to slip the cover over the safety needle. Same with the safety scalpel: It took more effort than it should have to pull the activa- tor back or to slide it forward. It would be nice, her docs told her, if the scalpel blade retracted back into the handle after use with the simple A P R I L 2 0 1 6 • O U T PA T I E N TS U R G E R Y. N E T • 6 5 Improve O.R. Sharps Safety for less than a dollar per procedure * ® Neutral Zone Tray t Bright Red Color IJHIMZSFDPHOJ[BCMFOFVUSBM[POF t Autoclavable DBOCFSFVTFEGPSIVOESFETPG QSPDFEVSFT t Easy to enforce Hands Free Technique FYDFMMFOUTVSHFPOTUBòTUFSJMF QSPDFTTJOHBDDFQUBODF Complies with Hands Free Technique recommendations from AORN, OSHA, & ACS Sized 6"x9" for MAYO stand JOGP!WJTDPUDPNtXXXWJTDPUDPNt *based on 50+ uses Scan or visit sn.im/so!zone for video demo

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