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The monthly publication
for OR decision makers
September 2015 Vol 31, No 9
Salary/career survey
Inside OR Manager
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closing session .........................4
PATIENT SAFETY
Hiding in plain sight:
Surgical smoke threatens
health of OR staff ...................15
STERILIZATION &
INFECTION PREVENTION
New AAMI standard for endoscope
reprocessing ................18
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Survey marks 25 years with rise
in volume and open positions
A
fter several years of stability,
primarily a result
of the 2008 economic
downturn, there are signs that
OR nurses are once again on the
move, according to the 25th annual
OR Manager Salary/Career
Survey.
The percentage of respondents
reporting an increase in RN
open positions compared with 12
months ago nearly tripled (32% vs
11% in 2014), and the percentage
reporting an increase in open positions
for surgical technologists
(STs) has more than doubled (28%
vs 12%).
RN turnover in the past year
increased for 31% of respondents,
compared with 21% in 2014, with
ST turnover increasing for 21%
of respondents, unchanged from
2014.
Continuing a trend in recent
years, respondents indicated it's
getting harder to fill those open
positions; 69% say recruiting RNs
is more difficult compared with 12
months ago, whereas 51% in 2014
and 46% in 2013 found it hard to
staff their ORs.
Recruiting experienced STs is
less of an issue, although more
than a third (38%) of respondents
report more difficulty with recruitment.
Continued
on page 11
OR Manager Conference
Learn from hybrid OR experts at
annual conference Town Hall
T
Quality reports to
determine pay rise
or fall ................................... 22
Staffing at most ASCs
stays stable despite
recruitment challenges ..... 25
Successful recruitment
and retention of engaged
employees-Part 1 ............ 27
he interactive hybrid OR
exhibit that debuted at the
2014 OR Manager Conference
will once again be showcased
in 2015. The exhibit, featuring
an extensive array of products
and equipment representing
more than 10 companies, will be
on display during the annual OR
Manager Conference, October 7-9,
at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville,
Tennessee (www.ormanagerconference.com).
The
Hybrid OR Steering Committee
that helped shape this special
exhibit will participate in a
Town Hall on Thursday, October
Committee members are:
* Rohit Inamdar, MSc, DABR,
senior associate and medical
physicist, Applied Solutions,
ECRI Institute, Plymouth Meeting,
Pennsylvania
* Sharman Lisieski, BS, RN,
CNOR, director OR/PACU,
Saratoga Hospital, Saratoga
Springs, New York
* Tamara Mayne, BSN, RN, cardiothoracic
surgery service speContinued
on page 7
Town Hall on Thursday, October
8, at 9:30 am.
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