pixis in OR

the only pixis I am aware of is for medication's. I have not used one in the sense of your post. I am also a bit confused by your comments about re-stocking.......From my side we have to re-stock our rooms ourselves and it would be lovely to have an orderly "at all". That means the lifting of patients, moving of equipment etc. all are done by the nurse or tech's. An 8 hour day is long but so is a 10 or 12 hour shift. what about call back hours? ever worked longer than 16 consecutive hours? Know that re-stocking your room after use is in your best interest........... who knows, you may be the next one to depend on it..

OMG... I feel your pain. Vascular cases in the ENT room, b/c there's no where else to do the case... That kind of thing happens all the time. We have suture trolleys! Seriously, stupid carts with suture for each of the various types of services.

Vascular has a trolley with their suture, ENT, plastics, etc, etc....

We've got a Pyxis in our OR. It's in our center hall, easy to get to by any of our rooms. It has all of our meds, locals, antibiotics, ointments, etc in it.

It's kind of a double edged sword. On the one hand, it's nice to not have to do med charges anymore. Also we don't have to have someone assigned to reordering our medication supply. On the down side, it takes time to run out and pull out meds, sometimes the fingerprint reader gets tempermental.

All in all, we're very happy with the Pyxis.

Each of our rooms have a cupboard with basic supplies, tapes, syringes, extra gowns, etc. It's the responsibility of the RN in the room to have the stock filled before leaving for the day. Normally, we have some time early in the day and other times to go grab a few things in between cases. Otherwise we try to make a list and ask a "floater" (RN or tech) to get it for us.

Mike

We have a pyxis in the OR. It took awhile , and we fought it tooth and nail, but believe me,it will work eventually. We have to put a neumonic and a password in to get our meds etc out. It does take a few minutes. I find If I check my supplies at the beginning of the case before I open, I can get the medications etc from the pyxis before each case, and pull sutures that are on the card or pick sheet, that may be missing. I also have been known to pick extra sutures to keep in the room with me, to help prevent running. (I just return them if not used) We also keep racks of suture in the center core.

We too are responsible for stocking out rooms at the end of the day, with par levels of basic supplies. I still check each morning to make sure it has been done, and do it quickly if it has not been done. Later I mention it to our clinical co-ordinator.

We do not have an orderly or runners to get things for us, but if you are blessed to have one, make a list of what your room is missing and have him get it for you.

Skim the cards or pick lists for required suture and make a list, or do it before each case.