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Archive > December, 2011 Vol. XII, No. 12

Getting a Handle on Fluid Waste Disposal

Pearls to do the job more safely and efficiently.

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

It would be tough to find someone happier with the advances that have been made in the area of fluid management than Barbara Hersh, RN, BSN, CNOR. Ms. Hersh's last facility used bath blankets to sop up fluid waste. "Wouldn't you know it," she says, "I slipped in some fluid during a knee arthroscopy and broke my ankle." Her current facility, the Princess Anne Ambulatory Surgery Center in Virginia Beach, Va., features the very latest in fluid collection choices: direct-to-drain units, wicking pads, red bag solidifiers, wet mops and floor-suction devices.

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