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  1. Physical Therapy Moist Heat Packs-Help

    smoddra posted a topic in Infectious Disease

    Our physical therapy department uses the moist heat packs that are placed in a cover and then applied to the patient. I recently came into this position and inherited this issue that has evidently...

  2. Changing catheter drainage bag...Infection risk?

    smoddra replied to smoddra's topic in Infectious Disease

    The director is asking about this I think mainly to justify only getting caths with urometer in the ICU. The thing is that even if this is done a majority of caths are placed prior to ICU

  3. Changing catheter drainage bag...Infection risk?

    smoddra posted a topic in Infectious Disease

    I have had a department director approach me about a catheter question that I was not for sure of the answer to. Sometimes a foley cath is placed and then there are changes with the pt that require...

  4. Changing catheter drainage bag...Infection risk?

    smoddra replied to smoddra's topic in Infectious Disease

    Yes they have some experience on thr floor but only in a small hospital ICU. There has been no issue in infection related to this topic. I thought it would come down to a technique issue

  5. Removing dirty instruments from room to dirty utility room.

    smoddra replied to smoddra's topic in Infectious Disease

    Yes, this is one reason why we are now trying to figure out something different. The staff is trying to avoid going to the dirty utility area after every pt. Could they put a second sharps container...

  6. Removing dirty instruments from room to dirty utility room.

    smoddra posted a topic in Infectious Disease

    Our wound center uses instruments on almost every pt. They had been keeping the instruments in a bowl under the sinks in the room. I just recently took over as IC and have told them that we can not do...

  7. Dirty Utility room/area

    smoddra posted a topic in Infectious Disease

    I was asked by our wound care department about getting rid of their dirty utility room. They were using an exam room for it that they were needing as an exam room again. All they use their dirty...

  8. Dirty Utility room/area

    smoddra replied to smoddra's topic in Infectious Disease

    The closed room has no sink which is the only thing they need a dirty for. Nothing clean would be kept in this area. Cleaning supplies in the cabinets and at end of the day the sink would be used for...

  9. cutting sterile drape

    smoddra posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hello, I am not an operating room nurse and some of the sterile technique info i learned in school is a little fuzzy. My question contains a couple of components. 1. If a sterile drape is cut does...

  10. cutting sterile drape

    smoddra replied to smoddra's topic in Operating Room

    The current argument is that sterile field is broken when the hole is cut and then contamination is made when surgeon pulls hand back through. When director of surgery was asked scenario she said that...

  11. cutting sterile drape

    smoddra replied to smoddra's topic in Operating Room

    The scenario is a c-section is being performed and the baby needs to be disengaged. The surgeon cuts a hole in drape and reaches through to the lady parts and pushes baby up. He then pulls his hand...