Volume 11 - Issue 2 - February, 2003

What Do You Think?

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December 2002 Question: On-Call Teams

Do any of you have access to statistics related to cath lab teams and acute interventions? Specifically, I am looking for a survey showing the number of nurses/techs composing the team.

The reason is this; currently, we have a 3-member acute cath lab team.. The protocol states the patient can come to the procedure room off hours when 2 members of the team are there to receive the patient. One of our physicians believes this is too time-consuming, and has proposed that the patient may be brought to the lab and the case initiated with



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Loyola University Medical Center

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What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members?

Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC) currently has three dedicated cath labs (2 single plane, 1 bi-plane). There are 22.5 FTEs budgeted for the department. Of these:

12 are procedure room-based;

3.5 are Holding Area (pre and post procedure) based;

1 is an inventory specialist;

5 are secretary and support staff;

1 is a manager.

The procedure staff is comprised of:

6 RNs;

1 RT;

1 RCIS;

4 CVTs.

The Holding area is comprised of 3 RNs and 1 Patient Care Tech.

Mo



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