Questions for c-section set up in main OR

[idahostudent2011]

I have a question for all of you. I work in a 4 suite OR department and we do c-sections. We have been setting up one of our or rooms for an emergency c-section every night when we are done for the day. All we have is our pack on the back table and our c-section tray on a ring stand. This should work very well, but every morning our housekeepers come through and "dry" dust the rooms. The problem is that they dry dust with alcahol and whenever they wipe the table they put the pack back down, and there is still alcahol on the table. There is a worry of strike through(even though the pack is of course covered in plastic) What I was wondering do you leave your packs on the back table or do you set them somewhere for the "just in case the OB has to start the case without you" situation. There is no one here after 1700 exept for emergency cases. I was wondering what you all do in these cases, and if you have any evidence based research of this problem. thanks

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

We have several emergency carts- ex lap, crani, c-section, ortho trauma, AAA, mediansternotomy, thoracotomy, and CABG. The ex lap, crani, and ortho trauma carts live outside our trauma room. The AAA and c-section cart are in our clean case cart room. The mediansternotomy and thoracotomy carts live in an alcove in the hall outside our heart rooms, and the CABG cart is pushed into the room once we're done but everything stays in the cart. Nothing actually set around.