tray resets.
ok y’all, i just need some different perspectives/opinions on a situation.
so at my facility reps have a lot of freedom, they can run the hana/guardian/traction tables, some open trays/peel packs, they are the DJ’s, and almost of all of them reset their trays in the room while we’re closing. when they’re done they throw it on the case cart for me. well recently we were told they can’t reset their trays and when asked why management said it’s cause they don’t have the proper PPE. a circulator brought up that when they are the ones doing it, they don’t either so what’s the difference? that’s when we were told that it’s the scrubs responsibility to reset all the rep trays during closing. a vet scrub spoke up quickly reminding management that during closure we are focused on passing sutures, cleaning up other instruments, cutting sutures, getting dressings ready, counting, etc and it just doesn’t make sense for us to do it. everyone from scrubs to FA’s to circulators agreed. our program director said “then figure something out, i’m not in the rooms, that’s not my job.” ok true, but you are an admin in this department, it IS your job to support us and help us brainstorm ideas for possible policy changes. when we come up with a new idea all you do is shoot us down with absolutely no possible solution or idea.
we also participate in high efficiency days. this is basically a day where we do 14+ total joints for one doctor (we currently only have one H. E. dr with more joining in). H. E. days are knees only btw. these days have 2 scrubs, 2 FA’s, 2 circulators and 2 CRNA’s per room (all of our ortho docs get flip rooms), so that’s 8 people PER ROOM, not counting reps. on these efficiency days it seems all management cares about is quick turnover times. they seem to have lost the plot that we are HUMANS with other humans lives in our hands. i do spine so thankfully i am not apart of these days but still, its so frustrating to see it happening and seeing out infection rate rise. we used to have a 0.1% post op SSI rate and now it’s risen.
we’re all irritated and being treated like we’re the issue when asking for support. idk, i guess i’m just looking to vent and hear about different perspectives i may be missing or if we (the staff) are valid for feeling upset.
i will state that my spine reps are allowed to reset our globus trays since there’s so many but nothing else.