XJBluto

XJBluto has 23 years experience and specializes in Operating Room.

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1. Hospitals Training Surgical Technologists???

   XJBluto replied to XJBluto's topic in Operating Room

   Are there regulatory requirements against this practice of growing your own????

2. Hospitals Training Surgical Technologists???

   XJBluto posted a topic in Operating Room

   I am interested in how many hospitals are still doing "on the job training " for Surgical Technologists? Thought that this practice went away, but cannot find any objective information to support doing it, and conversely not allowing it. Is this stil...

3. Dreaded H&P Not On The Chart- How Does your organization increase pre-op compliance?

   XJBluto replied to XJBluto's topic in Operating Room

   Thanks. We do the same, but it causes a delay. I am looking for ways hospitals have addressed this in other ways- proactively that prevent delays. For example, cancelling the surgery if the H&P is not present 24 hours pre-op. If the H&P for t...

4. Dreaded H&P Not On The Chart- How Does your organization increase pre-op compliance?

   XJBluto posted a topic in Operating Room

   We are monitoring delay in case starts and turnover times. Number 1 cause for us is that the Surgeon has not dictated or written a current History and Physical in the chart. As this is a regulatory requirement that it be present on the chart, our med...