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How Do You Keep Your OR Floor Dry?
Your colleagues share their best tips for containing fluid.

As surgical procedures become less invasive, one of the side effects is that many procedures, especially arthroscopy, generate more fluid waste. The result of today's wetter ORs is an increased risk of infection, greater chances of slips and falls, and more time needed to clean the room, which increases turnover time. On top of all this, most of the fluid is saline solution, which corrodes IV poles and wrecks shoes.

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