Guidance on Ongoing Port Strike, Hurricane Helene Aftermath
Organizations are offering guidance to surgical facilities that might experience supply chain disruptions from the port workers’ strike and the aftermath of Hurricane Helene....
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By: OSD Staff
Published: 8/17/2020
As the coronavirus surges in parts of the nation, several national healthcare organizations have teamed up to ensure health systems continue to perform essential surgeries and remain prepared to treat patients hospitalized with COVID-19. The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), American College of Surgeons (ACS), American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and American Hospital Association (AHA) released a roadmap for providing safe surgical care in areas of the country hit hard by the pandemic.
The joint statement builds on the organizations' roadmap for resuming elective surgeries released on April 17. In the new guidance, the organizations stress:
The guidance also suggests hospitals partner with surgery centers to expand surgical capacity. "Many patients see ASCs as the provider of choice for surgery, as they are aware that COVID-19 patients have not been cared for in these facilities," says AORN CEO and Executive Director Linda Groah, MSN, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, FAAN. "The potential for expanding the capacity in the ASC allows complex procedures to be performed in hospital operating rooms."
"As part of moving cases to ASCs, it is encouraged that waivers be addressed allowing ASCs to increase the average length of stay for postoperative patients," adds Ms. Groah. "This will be dependent on having the appropriate staff to care for patients."
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