where are instrument count sheets put in your or's. On the outside or in the tray with the instruments.joe
Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN 12,126 Posts Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER. Nov 2, 2007 Inside.
sdaley1026 1 Post Nov 3, 2007 Hi Joe,Our count sheets are inside the kit, but the hospital I came from, had them on the outside (which I liked better). Why do you ask? :)Sue
maeyken 174 Posts Specializes in Operating Room (and a bit of med/surg). Has 4 years experience. Nov 11, 2007 Ours are in a rack on the counter outside the rooms. Sometimes they come with the patient's chart, if they have gone to the holding area.
MamaCheese 177 Posts Specializes in OR. Has 5 years experience. Nov 12, 2007 Ours are in the tray with the instruments.
ebear, BSN, RN 934 Posts Specializes in Med-Surg/Peds/O.R./Legal/cardiology. Has 37 years experience. Nov 16, 2007 The patient's chart?????
mikethern 358 Posts Nov 16, 2007 Inside, but outside would be better so that the scrub person would never hand the circulator a bloody count sheet from a tray that was opened during the middle of a case.
ewattsjt 448 Posts Nov 16, 2007 yes, as mike points out, only the circulator handles the count sheet. our facility makes it a part of the patient's record so it is placed with the rest of standard forms (without blood or other bodily fluids on it from a conversion). the count sheet is a standard sheet with about a third of it blanks that you can fill in on the less frequently used items. i was surprised at first because i had come from a facility that had the count sheets in with the instruments. naturally the down side is that it may take more time to fill in the blanks if a surgeon uses non-standard (for our facility) instruments. i can see both sides but think each has its own merits. so i have to say that either way is good.
Mourkoth 22 Posts Specializes in ICU and Perioperative. Nov 18, 2007 Whats a count sheet? I'm new to the OR and we count Laps, Rays needles, TW's loops, hypos, kb's bovie tips, scratch pad, ect. We don't however count instruments.