Celebrating Nurses’ Monumental Impact
There is a myriad of ways to participate in National Nurses Week, which is celebrated May 6-12, from honoring your staff RNs with a gift or event to taking steps to let...
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By: OSD Staff
Published: 4/2/2014
SEAL THE DRAPE
Keep Blood Out of Hair
When doing eyelid plastics cases, I seal the drape to the patient's face with Steri-Strips to prevent blood seepage beneath the drape. Not only does this minimize the need to spend time shampooing the patient's head due to blood that seeped behind the drape, but it also minimizes the oxygen seeping from beneath the drape, reducing the fire hazard.
Samuel M. Salamon, MD
Cleveland Surgical Suites
Richmond Heights, Ohio
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