Vol. IX, No. 2Archive > February, 2008

Making Stretcher Tables Work in Your Facility

Tips to maximize the impact stretcher tables have on OR performance.

Dan Krupka; and Peter Logue

By now you've probably heard a lot about how stretcher tables let your patients stay on the same surface from pre-op through the OR to recovery. Because you don't have to transfer patients to and from your OR tables, you can reduce your staff's exposure to occupational injuries (saving backs) as well as increase the number of procedures that you can perform in your surgery center or hospital (saving time). But as you'll see in this article, realizing improved throughput means more than just replacing your old OR tables with stretcher tables.

 
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