Soup to nuts recruitment: Finding and onboarding OR nurses--Part 1
Staffing remains an ongoing challenge for OR managers, according to the 2019 annual OR Manager Salary/Career Survey, with open positions and turnover creating headaches. Attracting and retaining top talent is a crucial part of any OR leaderโs job. This three-part series explores successful recruitment strategies: marketing (Part 1), interviewing and…
Team training empowers OR staff to improve patient safety
Poor communication has been the root cause of many sentinel events over the years, and there has been growing recognition of how the work environment and culture influence patient outcomes. In a 2018 Sentinel Event Alert, the Joint Commission stressed the need to develop a โreporting cultureโโto make it safe…
Survey finds staffing gap has widened at ASCs since 2018
Staffing remains a significant challenge for many leaders of ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), according to the 2019 annual OR Manager Salary/Career Survey. Nearly a third (32%) of respondents reported more open RN positions, significantly higher than the 26% in 2018; over the past 5 years, only 2016 had a higher…
Proactive policies help protect staff from bloodborne pathogen exposure
Healthcare workers are at risk for bloodborne pathogen exposures in areas ranging from the clinic to the ORโboth inpatient and outpatient settings. Such exposures not only cause anxiety, they cost an estimated $3,000 to $5,000 per exposure for things such as baseline and follow-up laboratory testing, treatment of exposed personnel,…
Cardiothoracic surgery patients at high risk for postop opioid dependence
Editor's Note This study finds that the amount of opioids prescribed for patients after cardiothoracic surgery has a direct relationship with the risk for opioid dependence and persistent opioid use several months after surgery. Of nearly 25,000 opioid-naรฏve Medicare patients analyzed, 15.7% of patients who had lung surgery and 12.5%…
FDA: Class I recall of Edwards Lifesciences SAPIEN 3 Ultra Delivery System
Editor's Note The Food and Drug Administration on August 22 identified the recall by Edwards Lifesciences of all lots of its SAPIEN 3 Ultra Delivery System as Class I, the most serious. The delivery system is part of the Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve System. The recall was initiated…
Effect of state legislation in Florida on opioid prescriptions after outpatient surgery
Editor's Note Opioid prescriptions for patients having common outpatient surgical procedures at a large university hospital in Florida were substantially reduced within 6 months after implementation of state legislation limiting the duration of opioid prescriptions, this study finds. Of 1,467 surgical patients included in the study: The proportion receiving opioid…
Joint Commission: Reminder for CY 2019 hospital data submission
Editor's Note The Joint Commission on August 21 posted a reminder for accredited hospitals with electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) requirements that they must submit CY 2019 eCQM data via the Direct Data Submission (DDS) Platform. The deadline to onboard to the DDS Platform is December 20, 2019, and the…
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Is disruptive behavior inherent to the surgeon or environment?
Editor's Note Unclear policies and urgent competing responsibilities in the OR create stress, suggesting that the environment is the primary contributor to disruptive behavior by the surgeon, this study finds. Of 314 reports of disruptive behavior from surgical, medical, and other specialties, which included both the reporter account and involved…