◙ HYDRATE WELL Besides bragging rights, each member of this year's winning team won ORX infuser water bottles, like this one modeled by Donna Ferguson, RN, MBA, director of Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital.

The Tournament of Champions has become a much-anticipated staple of OR Excellence. We pause the conference for a 60-minute surgical game show that pits 3 teams of randomly-assigned surgical facility leaders against each other in a fun but competitive quest to see who knows the most about the clinical and operational aspects of running a surgical business. Using their audience response clickers, attendees answered questions. At the end of the game show, we awarded each winning team member an ORX infuser water bottle. Imagine you're the next contestant. How would you do?

YOUR CO-HOSTS Donna Smith, MT, CASC, chief operating officer of Nexus Medical Holdings, and Donna Ford, RN, MSN, nursing education specialist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., masterfully co-hosted the Tournament of Champions.

Pop Quiz

1. True or false? The best way to manage distractions from electronic devices in the surgical setting is to require everyone to leave their devices with the front desk.
2. In the OR, the majority of percutaneous sharps injuries occur to:
   1. Staff involved in the decontamination process.
   2. Surgeons and surgical residents.
   3. Surgical technologists.
   4. Perioperative nurses.
3. The best reason for scrubbed team members to double-glove is because:
   1. It is easier to correct contamination.
   2. Glove manufacturers have invested a lot of money for this research.
   3. Wearing two pairs of gloves helps reduce glove perforations to the inner glove.
   4. Double-gloving may provide protection from some types of sharps injuries.
4. True or false? The use of ultraviolet (UV) light for surface disinfection can eliminate the need for manual room cleaning.

Answers

1. False. One of the most effective ways to manage the use of these devices is to have a multidisciplinary team develop a policy to guide if, and how, they are used in the practice setting.
2. b. Most percutaneous sharps injuries in the operating room setting happen to surgeons, surgical residents and surgical assistants during the time sharps are being used.
3. c. The addition of a second pair of surgical gloves significantly reduces perforations to the inner glove.
4. False. While UV light delivers bactericidal and sporicidal action to decontaminate clinical surfaces and equipment, infection prevention authorities recommend its use for terminal cleaning only, following standard manual cleaning practices, for thorough surface disinfection.