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Archive > June, 2011 Vol. XII, No. 6

Clear the Clutter

Keep your staff safe and cases humming with this space-saving advice.

Daniel Cook, Managing Editor

Strangled by electrical cords. There was a time when that was how Lisa Richardson, MHA, RN, CNOR, thought she'd die. That's how congested the ORs used to be at Community Hospital in New Port Richey, Fla. Sound familiar? If your surgeons and staff have to sidestep equipment and tiptoe over cords to maneuver through your ORs, follow these clutter-clearing tips and restore order and flow to your surgical suites.

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