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Between Seasons 4 and 5, we’re going to be throwing back to some exciting interviews from Season 1! When you do a laparoscopic case, do you have all of the open instruments available on your back table? Do you spend precious time counting your open and laparoscopic instruments prior to every case? Is this practice…

This week’s episode of the First Case “Articles On-The-Go” series is written by, Paul Wafer, BS, MBA, RN founder of Alpha Consulting Group, Inc. and Joahn Ginsberg, MBA where they tackle the topic of robotic conversions in your OR: “Ultimately, when making a purchase or an upgrade make sure you have done a thorough cost…

“Everyone please stop all activity for the time out.” How many times do you hear this sentence every single day? Do you actually stop? Do you actively participate in the time out? On this week’s episode of the First Case podcast, we sat down with OR Circulator Brenna Page, MSN, RN, CNOR, CNAMB to discuss…

This week’s episode of the First Case “Articles On-The-Go” series is written by, Paul Wafer, BS, MBA, RN where he discusses the ins and outs of effective consignment inventory management: “One of the most expensive mistakes that an OR team can make is to mismanage this high dollar consignment inventory. In order to ensure that…

Between Seasons 4 and 5, we’re going to be throwing back to some exciting interviews from Season 1! What do the OR and the Cath Lab have in common? Should Perioperative Leadership have oversight of the Cath Lab? Do we train Cath Lab nurses and techs the same as OR staff? We’ll tackle all of…

This week’s episode of the First Case “Articles On-The-Go” series is written by, Paul Wafer, BS, MBA, RN where he discusses the basic of Case Cart preparation for your surgical cases: “So yes, the best way to solve your preference list and case picking woes is to hardwire a simple process into your workflow and…

Can you imagine an operating room where nothing was disposable? Where drapes were made out of cloth, IV bottles were made out of glass, and where you powdered the surgeon’s gloves before sending them to be sterilized? On this episode of the First Case podcast, we sit down with Monica Weisbrich, BSN, RN, to discuss…

This week’s episode of the First Case “Articles On-The-Go” series is written by, Paul Wafer, BS, MBA, RN and Hank Balch, BS, MDiv where they tackle the topic of inaccurate preference lists: “So yes, the best way to solve your preference list and case picking woes is to hardwire a simple process into your workflow…

Have you ever seen a case cart taped shut, with the words “NO STEALING!” written across the tape? Have you ever grabbed instruments or supplies that you needed off the nearest case cart? Or, have you ever been the one who’s instruments or supplies were taken? Pilfering supplies from the nearest case cart when we…

This week’s episode of the First Case “Articles On-The-Go” series is written by, Paul Wafer, BS, MBA, RN where he discusses challenges around efficient OR scheduling practices: “Block scheduling in the operating room has become a common practice at many hospitals across the country. By providing surgeons with a regular block of time for performing…