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Archive > December, 2010 Vol. XI, No. 12

Thinking of Buying...Floor-Based Fluid Disposal Products

Buy smart and you'll have no more puddles on your OR floor.

Cheryl Lusson, RN

"It's going to get messy," my colleagues warned me when I moved from labor and delivery to orthopedic surgeries. Boy, were they right. Even compared to labor and delivery, where blood and amniotic fluid spilled on the floor, ortho's fluid-intensive procedures mean doing a lot of cases standing in muck. Thank goodness for products that work underfoot to collect and dispose of fluid waste. As you'll see in this review, they can make a huge difference in your working conditions.

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