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Archive > October, 2009 Vol. X, No. 10

Portable-top Tables: How Do They Work?

A pictorial guide to modular table systems designed to protect patients and staff and enhance efficiency.

Irene Tsikitas, Associate Editor

Surgical tables with portable tops that can be wheeled in and out of the OR on a trolley and adjusted to fit almost any type of procedure are designed to spare nurses' backs from the strain of lifting patients, protect patients from falls and enhance your facility's efficiency and flow. Installing these table systems requires both a significant financial investment and a commitment to a whole new way of transporting patients throughout the perioperative process. We recently traveled to Washington Township, N.J., to tour Kennedy Memorial Hospital's new 9-OR surgical suite with Nurse Manager William Judge, RN, (pictured, with yours truly playing the part of patient) to show us, step by step, how these tables work in practice.

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