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Archive > January, 2004 Vol. V, No. 1

Ideas That Work

No Forms to Fill Out on Day of Surgery

Edited by Melonie Marchak, RN, BSN

Melonie Marchak, RN, BSN Our facility designed a folder to distribute to utilizing surgeons' offices. On the front of the folder is our logo and on each inside pocket a list of surgeons organized by specialty. Two pockets (one on the left inside of the folder, one on the right) contain all the pre-op forms the surgeon and patient need to complete before the patient's arrival at our surgery center. There are five pages in the left pocket for the physician to fill out:

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