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Make an Impact With Small Moves
Improvements in both workflow and staff attitudes are part of a leader’s responsibilities, but your interventions in these areas don’t need to be major to make...
TRAFFIC CONTROL You'll cut down on the number of times the OR doors open by placing hand sanitizer dispensers inside your operating rooms.KEEP THE DOOR CLOSED!
Install Hand Sanitizers Inside Your ORs
Traffic in and out of the operating room is a potential source of infection. To cut down on traffic, we have placed hand sanitizer dispensers on the wall inside the ORs as well as by the scrub stations. Every time staff use the sanitizers in the room, that's 2 fewer times (one out, one back in) that the door has opened.
Barton Harris, MD
OrthoVirginia
Mechanicsville, Va.
[email protected]
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