Readers shared tips on keeping ORs floors dry, in an article on the Outpatient Surgery website.
Marlene Brunswick, RN, CNOR, recommends portable direct-to-drain units to help keep fluid off the floors during shoulder scopes and knee arthroscopies.
Two-thirds of the 188 facility leaders who responded to a recent survey about managing fluid waste agree that closed, high-capacity mobile units are best for protecting staff from exposure to infectious material.
Solidifying and disposing of fluid waste remained a manual process at Brunswick's hospital until she added mobile units to each of her ORs in exchange for the per-case cost of replaceable manifolds.
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