Winter 2009 - Department of Anesthesiology
Winter 2009 - Department of Anesthesiology
Winter 2009 - Department of Anesthesiology
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Anesthesia Mobile Carts<br />
Guidelines for Anesthesia Mobile<br />
Carts:<br />
1. Do Not keep personal belongings<br />
in any drawer <strong>of</strong> the mobile carts.<br />
You all have lockers, and if you are<br />
running late, you can hang your jackets<br />
on hooks supplied in PACU.<br />
2. Do Not place drinks and food on<br />
top <strong>of</strong> the carts as this is a clean<br />
area for drug preparation<br />
3. Do Not leave uncapped needles on<br />
top <strong>of</strong> the cart.<br />
4. Label all syringes with Medication,<br />
strength <strong>of</strong> medication, date mixed<br />
or drawn up, and your legible initials<br />
5. Lock the anesthesia cart when not<br />
in use or not in actual visual field-<br />
Sterile Procedural Trays<br />
cannot see the cart when you<br />
are behind the curtain<br />
6. All multidose<br />
vials are to be labeled with date<br />
and time and initals when bottle<br />
is opened. All other bottles will<br />
be discarded<br />
SCIP Measures:<br />
1)Assure temperature on arrival to the PACU is performed and documented<br />
within 15 minutes <strong>of</strong> arrival.<br />
2) When an antibiotic is used in surgery; make sure when the name <strong>of</strong> the<br />
antibiotic is entered into Innovian that the dosage is completed. Many<br />
charts have been noted to have 0.0mg following the name <strong>of</strong> the antibiotic.<br />
This will be counted as a failure on audits being conducted by hospital<br />
administration.<br />
1. Must be completely INTACT prior to use on<br />
a patient<br />
2. If the integrity <strong>of</strong> the cover for the tray is<br />
loose from the tray or otherwise compromisedthis<br />
automatically makes the entire tray NOT<br />
STERILE. DO NOT USE. The blue cover inside is<br />
NOT water resistant.<br />
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