Do you let female patients sign a waiver absolving the center of any harm should they be pregnant rather than providing a urine sample for a pregnancy test? Tell us in this week's InstaPoll.
More than half (52%) of the 352 respondents to last week's poll don't disconnect sequential compression devices after surgery. The results:
When do you disconnect sequential compression devices?
- As soon as the drapes come down 17%
- After the patient is extubated 32%
- We don't — SCDs remain active into PACU 51%
