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Archive >  Surgical Supplies 2004

What Strategies Have You Used to Standardize Your Surgical Packs?

Click here to view all Surgical Packs products featured in the 2004 Manager's Guide to Surgical Supplies

To view listings from other product categories, please click on any of the links to the right.

Conduct garbage rounds
We call them garbage rounds. Twice a year, we ask our staff to save instead of discard unused those items that were in their packs. We'll check every day for a month what's being thrown away and them eliminate them from the packs. It might be a little thing, like towels or drapes or suture bags or an extra sheet. At month's end, we'll call the vendor and change the pack. We've found this strategy saves a lot of money. Because surgeons aren't using the items, they're not likely to even notice what's no longer in the pack.

Cheryl Wolf, RN, BS, CNOR
Director, Perioperative Services
Irvington General Hospital
Irvington, N.J.
writeMail("cwolf@sbhcs.com")

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