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One of out surgeons has breaking out on his palms. Looks like aligator skin. Nothing has helped. Dermotologist recomended glove liners. Any one use these and do they help people with bad skin problems. He has tried creams,different scrub products. La...

Thanks,the situation has been resolved. A allergy to the non latex gloves. A switch to different gloves and a glove liner has taken care of the problem

Well I am 66 and still on the call rotation 1 time a week and about every 8th weekend. I usuall do not have to stay over and occasionally I give up 1 of the weekend days. But I am part time and that makes a difference. I do not know of any hospitals ...

So a Doc left a cervical cup in pt vagina after Lap Hyster.We discovered it in Recovery Rm. We did not count all vag inst on these cases. Now Manager want counting on all vag cases. Put up sign Count Inst on all cases where there is a open cavity wit...

We count on open Hernias,some do on lap Hernias.Just the first count incase we open. Basicly I feel it is up to the Tech to make sure nothing is left,know your sets. When we first started Joints years ago,we were told to count the inst. Ha that laste...

How in the heck could anyone leave a vaginal rectractor in. You could not close the legs with a retractor in,I mean Heaneys,sides etc. Now I Am worried.I just read a article from ARON,some hosp not counting inst. They say it is a waste of time and th...

In the past policy states not necessary to count inst on vaginal cases. Now the manager wants counts on d & cs. This is overboard.I am more concerned with the small items on the table. Disposable inst tips,indicators,marker lids,needle caps,ect t...

With all the new staplers,Harmonics and Ligasure,I very rarely have to pass a tie anymore. More suture ties or stick ties than anything. Ortho seems to be the only service left where you are moving and busy the whole time.

We all pretty much use Avagard or a alchol based spray. I am interested in the glove liners. Wonder if they have helped anyone. I have a honey based cream I bought at the home show. The maker said it totaly cleared up his daughters exemia.I guess the...

She is right. At our hospital we have minor packs,major packs. total joint packs. We just open gloves suture and any extras pertaining to that case. The saveings on time will make the difference eventually. Oh and we also have neuro packs and laprosc...

The people in CS are processing and wrapping 100 trays most Sundays,and almost as many during the week. Usuall 2 people work on this. It is causing bad shoulders,backs and a lot of heavy work. The trays were very heavy so the Reps broke them down and...

The inst come in their own trays.I dont think they would fit into genesis. Anyway the hospital couldnt purchase that many trays. I guess theres no way to make it easier. I wish the Docs would decide to use one system,and the hosp would purchase that....

All of our beds have gel pads or the bed itself is gelled. Use extra gels for certain procedures that require odd positioning.

What is the Nurse Manager doing. Hideing things,that should be a reason to get a warning and then out the door. Our Anest techs help with turnovers,at least clean and take out trash. Who is in charge of this OR and what are they doing. Sounds like th...

This Or needs a extra person to help out. Not a nurse or tech even.A person to turn over inst,help clean,move patients,etc. Most small ORs in my area have a inst tech that cleans inst ,and helps with everything else. Your hospital seems to be squeezi...

A SA and a PA are two different things. SA only assist during surgery. Can work for hosp or DR. PA is not trained to assist in surgery. He is like a medical assistant,paperwork,seeing patients. In order to do surgery he has to be trained additionally...

As a Or Tech I have to say you are right about the card sometimes. But I find that I can open supplys as I read the card,Im allset. But then Dr asks for something not on card,CS has changed the setup pack and does not have everything.We use complete ...

Thanks. We have a great housekeeping staff that cleans everything. But they wipe do not struggle to remove residue. I guess they are clean aside from the disgustingness of the look. Maybe someday there will be a ezclean covering for things like that....

The positioning sandbags in our OR are disgusting. Stickey from tape residue. The ortho surgeons do not want a towel on the sandbags so they get covered with tape residue. We have tried every product in our OR to clean them. I found one yesterday wit...

If you spend the time and money in tech training do not do the LPN. It will not make any difference. My hosp pays LPN and tech the same. And unless hosp goes back to using LPN you may only have option at nursing homes. And the big bonus most hosp pay...

Sadly there can be jealousy toward a new nurse,when she is attractive,hardworking and even helpful. Why,who knows. I would think you would be able to let the Manager know when YOU are comfortable circulating. Our new evening charge took 1 year to be ...

I have been a surgical tech for 40 years. i am a LPN that learned to scrub on the job.Back in the 60s it was almost see one do one teach one. Most of my nurses want to scrub,they are tired of paperwork and running their butts off. Yeah,I do not make ...

Yeah I agree with everything,but I scrub and often ask for suture one at a time. I expect the nurse to bring back several if she has to leave room. With the cost of everything I am not putting unused suture in the trash. Yes i agree that if there is ...

Oh yeah been there many times. 40 yrs exp. But you have to do whats best for your patient. The Doc may be an ass but the patient counts on us.