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: Outpatient Surgery Editors
Published: 8/4/2022
Recently, Edward Oates, MD, a trauma and orthopedic surgeon in Germany, posted a question to #orthotwitter: “How do you avoid cuts to your distal interphalangeal joints when using suture thread?” After many providers replied saying they suffer from the same injury, Dr. Oates received a simple tip to save his skin. He now applies small strips of adhesive tape that are used on incisions on his distal joints between his glove layers. “No more cuts,” Dr. Oates posted on Twitter. “I escaped a patella tendon reconstruction uninjured today!” OSM
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