PERIOPERATIVE ENTERPRISES

Seth Karp, MD

H. William Scott Jr. Chair in Surgery

Chair, Dept. of Surgical Sciences

Surgeon-in-Chief, VUMC

Director, Vanderbilt Transplant Center

Warren Sandberg, MD, Ph.D

Chair, Dept. of Anesthesiology

VUAH Co-Chief of Staff,

Perioperative & Critical Care Services

Roger Dmochowski, MD, MMHC

Associate Surgeon in Chief

Mark J. Rice, MD

Professor, Division Chief,

Multispecialty Adult Anesthesiology

Executive Vice-Chair

Dave Wyatt, PhD, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC

Associate Operating Officer, Perioperative

March 31, 2019 Volume 3, Issue 1

Perioperative Services Vanderbilt Medical Center

Perioperative Quarterly Newsletter

Linda Boudreau, MHA

Administrative Director,

Surgical Support Services

Nimesh Patel, MSE

Dir, Perioperative Informatics

Jim Johnson, RN, MSN, CNOR, CRST

Dir, Sterile Processing

Perioperative Services

Tanya Stellges, BS, CRCST

Dir, Sterile Processing VCCOC

Diane Johnson, MSN, RN

Dir, Periop Educ. & Research/VPEC

Interim Dir, Access/Throughput

Cindy Kildgore, MSHA, CNOR, RN

Dir, VOR & VUH HR & PACU

Claudia Orsburn, MS, MSN,

CNOR, RNFA

Dir, MCE OR/HR.PACU/VBJ/4S/FEL

Brent Dunworth, DNP, CRNA

Chief CRNA

Barbara Sanders, MMHC, BSN, RN

Dir, Performance Improvement

Operations

Vik Tiwari, Ph.D

Dir, Surgical Business Analytics

Alignment with

Organizational

Staff Engagement Patient Satisfaction Strategic Growth Plan EpicLeap

2019

January New Hires

Staff Engagement

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Welcome to Spring!

We have continued to have a tremendously strong surgical case volume. The demand for care by our faculty and staff is as strong as it has ever been,

and I have been very proud of how you have continued your focus on excellence. This past week I had an opportunity to round in the Holding

Rooms and Operating Rooms with a focus on our universal protocol processes. What I observed was an impressive focus on patient safety and

keeping the patient at the center of what you do.

As we have continued to grow in our volumes, the stresses on our support systems of instru-

ment management and Environmental Services has also increased. We have had an intention-

al focus on these support services and have engaged a team to help identify where we need

to increase our resources for the instrument processing teams and environmental services

teams. This is an exciting opportunity for us to tighten up our processes across the board –

we will be discussing more with staff soon on some measures being taken to improve these

resources. I want to thank those of you who are diligently using Censitrac to provide feed-

back on any variances you encounter. This has helped us in a significant manner to identify

issues and act to resolve them.

April is also bringing to us an amazing event – the AORN Expo. This is followed by ASPAN

in the first of May. We are planning to send as many staff as possible due to these important

meetings being held in our back yard. I am very excited about the impact your attendance to

these conferences will have on practice in our perioperative enterprise.

I am proud of the care you provide to our patients, I am proud of how every one of you rep-

resent us in our community. Thank you for your dedication to excellence.

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News & Updates

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J anuary 2019

New Hires

Welcome to Perioperative Services!

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Chawndria Cloyd ST Main OR

Ashley Edwards CSP Tech VUH

Christine Forrest RN2 OR Main OR

Trist Forsythe ST2 OR Ortho

Jackie Fowler RNFA Cardiac

Amber Hastings ST 2 OR Neurosurgery

Emily Grace Henderson ST OR OTO/HN

Jalaluddin Khan CSP Endo

Joan King VMG NP PRN VPEC

Kara Logan ST Dedicated Call Cardiac

Ebone Pearson ST Neurosurgery

Becky Pollock RN PRN MCE Recovery

Amy Schoonover RN OR Main N/E/W

Leslie Strech Nursing Ed Education

Lamarcus Udley PST Periop Support

Paulette Venturella RN 2 OR Main PACU

Megan Watkins CST Ortho

Kristen Weaver RN2 OR Cardiac

January New Hires

Staff Engagement

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M arch 2019

New Hires

F ebruary 2019

New Hires

Matthew Barnett PST Periop Support

Betty Baugh PST Periop Support

Terence Broadus PST Periop Support

LaVonda Caldwell ORTA Periop Support

Julian Donkor PST Periop Support

Kantissa Heard ST OR CT Surgery

Alexis Hill ST 2 OR Ortho/Trauma

Kaley Hogan RN2 HGTV

Quavez Jones PST Periop Support

Amy Jordan RNFA Main OR

Shannon Varnell RN 2 OR Main N/E/W

Lauren Bone Nurse Intern Periop Ed

Dana Branden Nurse Intern Periop Ed

Amy Bryant Nurse Intern Periop Ed

Lindsay Campanis Nurse Intern Periop Ed

Bethany Duval Nurse Intern Periop Ed

Bethany Erwin Nurse Intern Periop Ed

Janequa Gullette PST Periop Support

Shannon Haynes RN 2 CC Holding/PACU

Theresa Liles RN 2 OR Main OR

Janise Malatesta RN 2 OR Main OR/Trauma

Pam Milam CSL Bronch/OTO

Tina Morris CSL VBJ

Kaitlin Pinter Nurse Intern Periop Ed

Dawn Prince Nurse Intern Periop Ed

Joshua Putnam PST Periop Support

Alexandra Sahrakar Nurse Intern Periop Ed

Spencer Ryan Silvola ST OR Bronchoscopy

Aushaundra Vaughn PST Periop Support

Sophie Wilk Nurse Intern Periop Ed

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The Pulse of Periop at a Glance

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Hand Hygiene Score FY 19 YTD - 92% compliance (12 of 13 units reporting)

Employee Engagement · Staff Recognition Rewards

· Daily Huddles

· Team Building with Celebrations

· Quarterly “All Hands” Meetings

· Administrative Updates to Staff

Existing Employee Retention - 78.6% FY 19 YTD though March 28, 2019

Financial Updates Through February 2019, case volume is 599 cases above budget fiscal year to date.

10 Inpatient cases above budget fiscal year to date

589 Outpatient cases above budget fiscal year to date

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Cyndi was getting a patient ready for surgery, the pt needed to have surgery on the Right hand. The signed and scanned consent in epic, stated the left hand. It was plainly evident the left hand had NO INJURY. Cyndi picked up on this mistake and quickly called the surgical team to come to the bedside in the PACU to redo a consent for surgery for the correct hand. I know this sounds like a minor catch but this is something we as Nurses do daily to keep our patients safe.

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Perioperative Quarterly Newsletter Editor: Dave Wyatt, Associate Operating Officer, Perioperative Services & Associate Nursing Officer, Surgery PCC

Perioperative Quarterly Newsletter Publisher: Mary Kay Matthys, Program Manager, Perioperative Services

Refurbishment Update: 3 ORs Operational after Renovation on 3/25: MCE OR 7 VORs 2 & 3

Next Round of ORs (3/22—4/16) VOR 20 (3/22 - 5/24); operational 5/27 MCE OR 5 - To begin on 3/29 & completed 4/26; operational 4/29

VOR 1 Siements Replacement Tentative date for downtime 5/4 - 6-1

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