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  1. Expiration dates of sterile medical supplies.

    huckfinn posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If the expiration date on a sterile supply (not drugs) is 9-2001, does it expire on the first day of September or midnight of the last day of September? If your institution has rationale or a policy...

  2. Nervous About Weekends & Call

    huckfinn replied to IsseyM's topic in Operating Room

    IsseyM- I agree with TakeTwo. The charge nurse will not let you get into trouble. Unless that person has a cowboy/girl mentality about emergencies. Nobody wants to get overwhelmed when the case...

  3. Nervous About Weekends & Call

    huckfinn replied to IsseyM's topic in Operating Room

    Abdominal Aortic

  4. Do you know of anyone who caught a incurable disease in the O.R.?

    huckfinn replied to mikethern's topic in Operating Room

    I know of a CV SurgeryPA who got a blood drop splash in the eye. She was wearing safety glasses with side protectors but somehow the drop got around. The drop was infected with a herpetic virus. It...

  5. What are you using for vag preps?

    huckfinn replied to suet's topic in Operating Room

    Technicare is a great bacteriocide. Too good actually. Be sure to wash the lady parts out with lots of water or saline after the case or your patient is likely to get a yeast infection. The...

  6. Guys in Support Hose?

    huckfinn replied to mcknis's topic in Men in Nursing

    Straight to the bone and wear Kendall knee high TED's when I can get the rep. to comp me some. Too expensive to buy. My legs really feel good after a 10 hour day on an epoxy over concrete OR floor....

  7. Modesty Issues

    huckfinn replied to ToryAdore's topic in Operating Room

    Ferret, OH HO! The double en'tandre. Seriously...major lubrication helps the cath go in easier. Have you ever got the thing halfway in and hit a dry spot? Yes that applies to both situations....

  8. Modesty Issues

    huckfinn replied to ToryAdore's topic in Operating Room

    Tory, I'm curious. You are a nurse at only 19years old? That is an amazing accomplishment! So you graduated HS at 16 or 17 and then completed your AD and state boards by 19? Your school must not...

  9. Reprocessing?!???

    huckfinn replied to ortess1971's topic in Operating Room

    Please read the spirited exchange from other members on this very subject. There is also a discussion on the AHVAP website. Remember to think about stringent gov. regs and science. Leave your...

  10. Have OR Experience - But No Job!

    huckfinn replied to Surgicell's topic in Operating Room

    Get in contact with the manager of the OR at the place you would like to work. Applications go through HR and end up in the nursing pile, sometimes never to be forwarded to the OR. Get the contact...

  11. What is the purpose of the cap designed on every laparoscopic inst?

    huckfinn replied to inches's topic in Operating Room

    The insuflators have a pressure control mechanism that adjusts the gas volume and pressure dependent on the machine settings. Anyway, have you considered the gas displacment of a 5 or 10 mm...

  12. Verbal abuse in the OR

    huckfinn replied to JaneRNBSN's topic in Operating Room

    Joke: Do you know what the first thing a surgeon's spouse does with their a**hole when they wake up in the morning? Dress 'em up and send 'em to

  13. What is the purpose of the cap designed on every laparoscopic inst?

    huckfinn replied to inches's topic in Operating Room

    For cleaning and steam penetration. The pressure equalization story is

  14. Interview question for new grad

    huckfinn replied to NYNewGrad's topic in General Nursing

    Offer them you credentials and additional abilities re: languages and anything else you think of that puts you ahead of the rest and then say you are only looking for day shift employment. If you...

  15. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

    huckfinn replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    In surgery many a nurse will cut the balloon port off of a foley instead of aspirating the fluid out before pulling the cath out. I once saw a nurse pull on the foley and cut the whole thing. Up the...

  16. Re-sterilizing Off-pump CABG supplies

    huckfinn replied to poopsiebear's topic in Operating Room

    Oncall, On the reprocessing of items-It is up to the clinical site as to use or not to use. The fact that the FDA certifying the individual items for the number of times it can be used, is a...

  17. Verbal abuse in the OR

    huckfinn replied to JaneRNBSN's topic in Operating Room

    Once I had this anesthesia doc who was pissed b/c the aids didn't hop to when he ordered them to fetch a prep table to put his non-surgery related laptop on. I asked him if he planned on returning it...

  18. Re-sterilizing Off-pump CABG supplies

    huckfinn replied to poopsiebear's topic in Operating Room

    The FDA certifies companies to provide reprocessed "single use" supplies. The certification requires validations that the item meet or exceed the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) specifications...

  19. New signs to post at the door

    huckfinn replied to galenight's topic in Emergency

    [/b] Thou Shalt Not

  20. Male nurses who cook

    huckfinn replied to Crumbwannabe's topic in Men in Nursing

    Yes. Doing the show with Rachael Ray would be way too much fun. Cooking up a wonder to rival Bobby flay would be supreme. Shouln't be too hard...he usually has char all over his dishes anyway....

  21. prep solution question

    huckfinn replied to mcmike55's topic in Operating Room

    Mike, Perhapse your infection control pratitioner or OR Educator could help you out. There is also a vast resource at AORN. They usually have an article on the subject annually. AJN and other...

  22. prep solution question

    huckfinn replied to mcmike55's topic in Operating Room

    Grimmy, Have you ever read the contents of a shurclens prep container? NO ANTIMICROBIAL or MICROBIOCIDAL AGENTS there! Not much more than purified water. Using that to prep before going throught...

  23. prep solution question

    huckfinn replied to mcmike55's topic in Operating Room

    Do all of you who use alcohol allow the use of electrosurgical devices? There is an incredible fire hazard there! CHG and PCMX should never be used on mucous membranes. Phisohex is known to cause...

  24. Pseudoseizures?

    huckfinn replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Keep your eyes open and be careful. I would worry about getting sucked into her "syndrome" as a

  25. questions

    huckfinn replied to ohio's topic in General Nursing

    Check out the Ohio Board of Nursing site. It has the ce requirements and qualifications for re-liscensure. There may also be some information about nclex question. Good