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virtually anything onto today's gigantastic screens — a consent form or an H&P, safe surgery checklists (so everyone is more engaged dur- ing time outs), as well as serene nature scenes to help keep patients calm when they're brought into the OR or cartoons to distract chil- dren before they're anesthetized. Displays can even help your OR team set up cases properly. During room turnover at Sanford Medical Center Fargo (N.D.), they display the surgeon's preference card on one big screen and either a video or a picture of what the back table setup should look like on the other big screen. Each OR is outfitted with 4 monitors: a pair of 26-inch monitors that hang on booms around the OR table and 2 55-inch big screens mounted on walls that face the patient's feet and side. "Displaying surgeons' preference cards on a 55-inch monitor creates a real wow factor when they walk into the room," says Stacy Lund, BSN, RN, CNOR, MSSL, the director of surgical services. "It also pro- vides stunning visual proof that the team is focused on that particular case and is ready to meet the surgeons' equipment needs." Stanford Medical's ORs are integrated with its electronic medical records, says Ms. Lund, so they can make on-the-spot changes to the digital preference cards and display the updates in real time on the big screen. 2. Multi-image displays Large screens that can display images and input from more than one device simultaneously let surgeons observe and monitor a range of information quickly. The monitors at Stanford Medical, for example, can display images from up to 6 different inputs — including images from the laparoscopic camera, ultrasound or C-arm scans, and the patient's vital signs, says Ms. Lund. Circulating nurses serve as the directors of a live televised surgidra- 8 6 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E • M A Y 2 0 1 8

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