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A Planning Playbook for Opening a New Orthopedic ASC
The ASC market continues its rapid growth. In 2023, roughly 116 new ASCs opened in the U.S., many of which were orthopedic-specific in nature....
ON A ROLL Meredith Plummer, RN, uses a lint roller to remove hair clippings.CLEARING THE HAIR
Pick Up Loose Hair Clippings
After you clip the hair from the surgical site, use a lint roller or an adhesive glove — depending on how hairy the patient is — to pick up all the little clippings that can either fall onto the patient or get into the bed linen. Your surgeons will really appreciate that there's no loose hair falling around the OR when you transfer patients from gurneys to OR tables.
Brenda Vahle, RN, CAPA
BSM Surgery Center
Corvallis, Ore.
[email protected]
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