2014 OR Excellence Awards

Nominate your facility for a 2014 OR Excellence Award in as many of the following categories as you'd like. Please be sure to write a short, compelling narrative that explains why your facility deserves to be considered (Hint: The better you tell your story, the better your chance of winning). We'll feature the top tips in our “Best of Surgery” September issue of Outpatient Surgery and bring 7 grand-prize winners to OR Excellence (Oct. 14 to 17) in New Orleans, where we'll honor their award-winning performances at a special luncheon. Grand-prize winners receive free conference registration and hotel stays at the gorgeous New Orleans Marriott.

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* 1. Patient and Staff Safety
Provide your best tips for

• Radiation Safety

• Fire Safety

• Surgical Site Marking

• DVT Prevention

• Malignant Hyperthermia Readiness

• Taking the Time Out

• Positioning Patients

• Sharps Safety

• Safety Scalpel Usage

• Smoke Evacuation

• Preventing Patient Falls

• Preventing Retained Objects

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* 2. Pain Control
Provide your best tips for

• Painless IV Starts

• Use of Opioid Alternatives

• Post-Op Pain Control

• Regional Block Success

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* 3. Infection Prevention
Provide your best tips for

• Hand Hygiene Compliance

• Direct-to-Drain Fluid Disposal

• Antibiotic Administration

• Reducing Surgical Site Infections

• Tracking Post-op Infections

• Skin Prepping

• Effective Sterile Processing

• Proper Surface Disinfection

• Scrub Laundering

• Avoiding Immediate-Use Sterilization

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* 4. Patient, Staff & Surgeon Satisfaction
Provide your best tips for:

• Employee Morale Booster

• Song Played in the OR

• Post-Op Meal

• Tip for Staff Bonuses

• Community Service Program

• Tip for Physician Recruitment

• Tip for Patient Warming

• Employee Wellness Program

• Tip for Patient Satisfaction Survey Responses

• Tip for Reducing Patient Wait Times

• Holiday Party Idea

• Tip for Reducing Staff Ergonomic Injuries

• Tip for PONV Prevention

• Staff Lounge Feature

• Tip for Dealing With Disruptive Docs or Staff

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* 5. Facility Management
Provide your best tips for

• Reducing Case Costs

• Reducing Staffing Costs

• Financial or Clinical Benchmarking

• Negotiating With Vendors

• Running a QI Project

• Running Staff Meetings

• Running Peer Review Programs

• Storage Organization

• Reducing Paperwork

• Reducing Case Cancellations

• Faster Discharges

• Off-Label Use of Supplies

• Patient Financing

• Collecting Co-Pays

• Negotiating Managed Care Contracts

• Getting Paid for Implants

• Acing Accreditation Surveys

• SUD Reprocessing

• Case Scheduling

• Speeding Room Turnovers

• Developing a Facility Website

• Using Social Media

• Going Green

• Saving on Capital Equipment

• Writing Policies & Procedures

• Supply Purchasing

• Going Paperless (EMRs)

• Adding a New Specialty

• Outsourcing Services

• Streamlining Pre-Admissions

• Ensuring On-Time Case Starts

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* 6. Environmental Stewardship (Going Green)
Provide your best tips for:

• Recycling

• Reprocessing Single-Use Devices

• Saving on Red Bag Waste

• Disposing of Fluid Waste

• Reusing Opened But Unused Supplies

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* 7. Please enter your contact information so that an editor may contact you for an interview.

Name

Degree(s)

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Facility name

City, State

Email address

Telephone number

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* 7. Please enter your contact information so that an editor may contact you for an interview.

* 1. Patient and Staff Safety
Provide your best tips for

* 2. Pain Control
Provide your best tips for

* 3. Infection Prevention
Provide your best tips for

* 4. Patient, Staff & Surgeon Satisfaction
Provide your best tips for:

* 5. Facility Management
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* 6. Environmental Stewardship (Going Green)
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