SoniB

Carcha, at the hospital where I work, at the end of the case, the scrub nurse removes the instruments used from thr OR to the Work Room, where the sets are decontaminated reassembled and autoclaved by non-nursing personnel. However,for some instruments like micro instruments, scopes and some neuro pieces,the scrub nurse is expected to carryout these functions as well. A problem sometimes arises when the Work Room personnel determines that other heavy duty instruments (like the Arthroscopy instruments) be taken care of by the scrub nurse.the sister in charge does not see it necessary to specify what should be done. It seems that every department in the hospital would like to pass on their responsibilities to nurses. On night duty the nurses mop the floor between cases as the is no housekeeping staff on at night. You can lose your focus easily in this environment. I am tired of the fight and ready to leave.

Does the scrub nurse in your facillity take responsibility for the cleaning, decontamination and sterilizing of delicate instruments like scopes etc?