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Study: Anesthesia Awareness May Trigger Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Nearly two-thirds of patients who experienced intraoperative awareness suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder 5 years after their surgeries, a...

Trained Providers Lower Propofol Risks

The airway complication risks associated with the use of propofol during advanced endoscopic procedures are lower when trained professionals deliver...

Wrong-Site Errors Plague Nerve Blocks, Too

A study examining the frequency and causes of wrong-site injections in pain management procedures recommends strict use of the Universal Protocol in...

Archive > April, 2008 Vol. IX, No. 4
Ideas That Work
No More Telephone Tag

No More Telephone Tag
A recorded message easily lets staff know when they're working.

My OR manager used to spend an hour every night calling all 20 OR staff members to let them know what time they were to report the next day. It would take her even longer to leave part-time staff voicemails about their start times. All of this was necessary, or so we thought, because we stagger shifts at our small facility to accommodate our surgeons, who perform cases between 6 a.m. and 4 p.m.

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