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• WORKAROUND A little ingenuity solved the problem of scrub solution leaking onto the floor.
W
e had a scrub sink design problem when we moved into
our new OR. The gap between the scrub sinks and the wall
where we attached our scrub solution dispensers was
wide enough that the scrub solution was dripping onto the floor, cre-
ating a potential hazard. Our facilities manager came up with an ele-
gant solution to our problem: He had custom-made brackets fabricat-
ed to extend the scrub solution dispensers over the sink. He even had
one of the designs incorporate an element of a two-bin Kanban sys-
tem with a space for an extra scrub solution container in the back of
the bracket. Brilliant!
Bruce R. Grendell, MPH, BSN, RN, PHN
Rady Children's Hospital
How We Solved Our Scrub Sink Design Problem
Bruce
R.
Grendell,
MPH,
BSN,
RN,
PHN
San Diego, Calif.
bgrendell@rchsd.org