RESERVED PARKING Reserve bed spots for each of your physicians so it's always clear which patients are theirs.

PATIENT FLOW
Assign Your Docs Bed Spots

At our busy 2-room endo center, we put patients in bed spots, pre-procedure and post-procedure, by physician. This way, when anesthesia comes out for the next patient for their room, they know exactly which 2 bed spots to choose from. Likewise, when the docs come out post-procedure, their patients are always in 1 of 2 PACU or Phase 2 spots. In pre-op, we place laminated signs that say "Dr. X Next Patient" on the over-bed table. This way, no one ever takes in or talks to the wrong patient.

Margaret Kowalczuk Sherman, RN, BSN
Hamilton (N.J.) Endoscopy & Surgery Center
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