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Archive > October, 2003 Vol. IV, No. 10

How We Mix Our Own Dilating 'Cocktail'

By streamlining our eye-dilating process, we save time and money on every cataract case.

Sandy Shaut Vega, RN

We used to spend way too much time and money dilating our cataract patients. Not only were we using a different set of eye-drop orders for each of our five ophthalmologists, but our staff was spending about an hour giving each patient nearly 20 drops. You can imagine how the pre-op nurses dreaded busy cataract surgery days at our hospital-based, freestanding ASC. I'd like to share with you our new, simpler and streamlined method of dilating.

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