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1. xray contrast allergy policies

   olygurl98502 replied to olygurl98502's topic in Operating Room

   Thanks for the input and great

2. xray contrast allergy policies

   olygurl98502 replied to olygurl98502's topic in Operating Room

   No, no real policy according to the staff I talked to. They use one for vasc. cases, another for people who might be allergic because it is bond differently and the third is the regular hypaque....

3. xray contrast allergy policies

   olygurl98502 posted a topic in Operating Room

   Hi, I have been looking for our OR policy for giving contrast media to our patients with an iodine allergy. We have three choices, all with iodine, just bound differently for less of a reaction or...

4. Surgery hats are KILLING my hair!

   olygurl98502 replied to Justme123's topic in Operating Room

   A lotof us at our hospital have gone to kimkaps.com for our cloth hats. With the band they seem to come farther down on your forehead and do not slide up like the disposable ones

5. Is an unmonitored sterile field considered sterile?

   olygurl98502 replied to buck70's topic in Operating Room

   In our hospital it has depended who our manager was. One temp manager made us tear it down if we could not have someone sitting in there watching the field. Now that she has gone, we have gone back...

6. How old were you when you began nursing school?

   olygurl98502 replied to smellyacres's topic in General Students

   I was 41 when I started and will be 44 when I graduate in December. Mid twenties seem to be the average age in my