Just for laughs, what’s wrong with this picture?
A scrub team member wearing lime green Crocs with ventilation holes stands in a puddle of some nasty-looking fluid next to an operating room table.
Before that gets your OSHA and infection control hackles up, relax. It’s a cartoon, but one with more than just a little bit of truth to it.
In fact, it’s from last year’s AORN’s annual “What’s Wrong with this Picture.” (You can tell it’s from last year because the multi-tasking anesthesiologist reading the financial pages during surgery seems relatively sanguine. If it were this year’s cartoon, he would need a transfusion to face his stock portfolio.)
Each year AORN creates a cartoon that demonstrates breaks in recommended perioperative technique. The cartoons are created by AORN graphic designer Kurt Jones and AORN perioperative nursing specialist Joan Blanchard, RN, MSS, CNOR, CIC and continue to be one of the most popular features with members when it appears in AORN Connections.
I can see why I look forward to viewing it every year.
It reminds me of my childhood, sitting in the waiting room of my family doctor. The joy from reading the what’s-wrong-with-this-picture feature in Highlights magazine distracts me from the imminent sting of my scheduled flu shot.
Finding things wrong in drawings and photos is fun; finding and correcting it in a real life work place is serious business.
Why not engage in some grown-up child-like fun and see if you can spot the 25 goofs from this year’s picture. Just click on the image below to go to the cartoon on the AORN web site.
Here’s a hint: Bunnies in the OR!
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David LaHoda
David LaHoda is the managing editor of the OSHA Healthcare Advisor, the weekly ezine OSHA Healthcare Connection, Medical Environment Update, HCPro's Basic OSHA Compliance Manual Kits for medical or dental practices, and the OSHA online training materials for ambulatory healthcare facilities.
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