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Ideas That Work
Use Sterile Wrapper to Cover Your Arm Boards
Edited by Melonie Marchak, RN, BSN

Melonie Marchak, RN, BSN We use our sterile wrapper after opening sterile towels and instruments to cover our arm boards and on the floor for drop cloths. That way, it gets used twice. We also use sterile wrapper to cover our larger rolling armboards. The wrap protects the surface; we discard it after each case.

Jeannette Cline, RN, BSN, CNOR
Clinical Nurse Supervisor, Mercy Surgery Center
writeMail("jcline@mercyasc.com")

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