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OR Excellence Session Previews - June 2016

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3 8 S U P P L E M E N T T O O U T P A T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E J U N E 2 0 1 6 I f you're confident in the face of survey- ors' questions, if you're the staff mem- ber everyone wants on her quality improvement project team, if you shout at the television when doctors and nurs- es on hospital shows depart from standard prac- tices, then OR Excellence's Tournament of Champions is the place for you. Our popular afternoon game show, in which teams of peers face off in a test of all things perioperative, is back for an hour of educational fun before Thursday's Margarita Madness. Buzz in with the correct answers and your team might win the prize — and bragging rights of superior knowl- edge. Surgical savants Ann Geier, MS, RN, Are You Ready for the Tournament of Champions? Test your knowledge of all things surgical in our fun, informative game-show format. • CLICK HERE Test your perioperative knowledge at OR Excellence's Tournament of Champions. Pamela Bevelhymer, RN, BSN CNOR, CASC, and Stephanie Martin, BSN, RN, CNOR, CASC, will host the proceedings, which will quiz atten- dees on a wide range of subjects, as seen in the following examples. 1. Which of the following is not part of the Joint Commission's Universal Protocol? a. verify c. mark b. count d. time out 2. How many procedure codes are included in ICD-10? a. 3,824 c. 71,924 b. 42,042 d. more than 100,000 3. The ideal temperature for an OR is 68º to 75º F, according to AORN. What's that range in Celsius? a. 18º to 20º C b. 24º to 26.7º C c. 31º to 34º C d. none of the above 4. True or false? Researchers have determined that the average infec- tion preventionist spends more time collecting and reporting data

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