Ideas That Work: Schedule Board

Ideas That Work

By: OSD Staff

Published: 8/6/2014

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schedule board CLEARED FOR SURGERY A check in the prep column means that the patient is completely ready for surgery.

SCHEDULE BOARD
All Systems Go

We’ve added a column on the schedule board labeled prep. The pre-op RN places a check in this column to indicate that the patient is completely ready for surgery (VS WNL, NPO, driver present, IV started). Only after they see the checkmark do the techs open the OR and sterile supplies for the case. This eliminates wasting supplies and saves time.

Sondra Watson, RN
Wesmark Ambulatory Surgery Center
Sumter, S.C.
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