S.P.A.N.C.

This blog is meant to be a place for Sunnybrook Peri-Anesthesia Nurses (Pre-Admission Centre, Same Day Surgery, Post Anesthetic Are Unit and Surgical Short Stay Unit) to stay in communication with each other and to be up-to-date with concerns regarding the Peri-Anesthesia Department. The Purpose of S.P.A.N.C is •To re-implement a unit based council •to identify the unique role of the Peri-anesthesia nurse and to help staff from other areas understand what it is that we do •to create a collegial atmosphere for sharing our professional experiences within the subgroups of Peri-anesthesia •to facilitate open discussion and priority of issues relating to professional practice, education and research that impact on the quality of our work life and thereby affect positive outcomes for our patients and their families.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Updates

I came across this site this morning that I thought might be of interest: Safety Share
Many new initiatives are going on around the hospital, many geared towards patient safety. Policies currently being worked on: Conscious Sedation, Transfer of Accountability, Procedures Performed on Correct Side of Patient(being updated!) As well, there is a Surgical Safety Checklist being developed-an initiative recommended by the WHO. For the Regional Block area, there is a mini checklist being developed.
SPANC has two new co-chairs: Sandi Weir and Lan Zhou. They are looking for committed PeriAnesthesia nurses to meet once a month. They need suggestions on unit initiatives.
There is an Environmental Sustainability Committee and Laurie R has already placed a Recycling bin in the PACU with instructions regarding the types of paper and plastics that can go in the one bin. Bins will be coming to PAC, SDS, SSSU soon.
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