Date Posted:18:12:37 08/02/09 Sun
I guess working in healthcare for 30 years just gives me a different prespective on what is going on. My last surgical procedures was testicular surgery and was performed after I was given the pre-op shot. I don't have a clue who did what and from what I am reading that is OK? I know it is easy to blame the CNA or PCT for doing their job, but if you are going to blame anyone for the surgical prep you have received, you best talk to your surgeon because they dictate the type of prep for your surgery. And if you do no get a prep that they like, I even know one surgeon that has been known to shave patients with a surgical scaple. Then the CNA/PCT(patient care technician) will catch all kinds of hell by a screeming doctor and surgical staff. JCAHO (Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Hospitals) recommends that razor shaves be eliminated and clippers used. Hospitals inspected by this organization probably are using this technology.
