need you?
Surgeon: OK, hook the
[darn] thing up.
Ms. York: If you don't like it,
you don't have to use it. Just
try it.
Surgeon (during the case): I
can't believe how great this is.
Ms. York had similar conversa-
tions with the hospital's other
surgeons until each one agreed
to trial smoke evacuators during
their cases. The surgical techs
were instrumental in getting the
devices to the surgical field and
presenting them in a positive way.
The cautery pencil with the integrated evacuator that won out fea-
tures a long, pliable cord that doesn't tangle and can be placed neatly
near the surgical site, out of the way of surgeons while they work. "It's
like wearing a dress that lays nice," says Ms. York. The device also
doesn't feel any different than conventional cautery tools in the hands
of the surgeons.
"The surgeons didn't say anything negative about the device, so we
took that as a positive," says Ms. York. "They didn't want to change
their ways, but they did, and now they absolutely love working with
smoke evacuators. We have 100% compliance. The evacuators add
about $25 per case. That's a big hit, but how do you put a price on the
health of your surgeons and staff?"
OSM
— Daniel Cook
S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 7 • O U T PA T I E N TS U R G E R Y. N E T • 5 3
• POSITIVE FEATURE The pliable, tangle-free cords on the new smoke evacu-
ators were a big selling point to surgeons and members of the surgical team.
Dosher
Memorial
Hospital
