1. Sterile or non-sterile?
Are you marking within the operating room (sterile) or in your office
or pre-op settings (non-sterile)? Check the product number. If there’s
an “S” in the Viscot skin marker number that means the product is
sterile, “SR” means sterile with a ruler. If you need rulers with your
non-sterile marker we sell them sepreatly here.
2. What procedure am I doing?
No surgeon wants to perform a wrong site surgery, and who would want to
talk about it when they do? David Ring, MD, PhD has found talking about
his error therapeutic: “Talking about it helped me heal. Talking about
it helps other patients, other surgeons and their teams embrace a safety
culture, adopt checklists and encourage each other to speak up.”
Dr. Ring’s error was... Read the rest here!
Just in time for summer camping trips, Viscot Medical has updated our clinical resources to include directions for use on our popular Millie™ Female Urinal.
Our male and female urinals are ideal for camping and other out door recreational such as boating, hunting... Read more here!
"'Wouldn't it be great to say with 100% certainty exactly which skin preps
and practices are going to do the best job of preventing surgical site
infections? While that might not always be possible, there's plenty of
strong evidence and evidence-based recommendations on which to base your
prepping practices…' For example"... Read more here!
