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Peri Operative Services Surgical Services includes, Preadmit, Testing, Preop, Holding Room, OR, PACU, Diagnostic Treatment Center (DTC) and Sterile Processing Department (SPD).  Kern Medical has 8 OR suites that average 450 patients per month.  Kern Medical serves patients ranging from children to geriatric and offers all surgical specialties, except cardiac services and organ transplants.  Our very busy OR works hard to meet the needs of all elective, urgent, and emergent surgeries. OR Staffing is 1:1 which always includes an RN.  Kern Medical has surgical technicians to fill the scrub role but RNs can also fill this role.  The da Vinci Robot

Kern Medical is proud to have the latest technology for surgical procedures with the da Vinci robotic Surgical System that enables surgeons to perform operations through a few small incisions and features several key features, including: • Magnified vision system that gives surgeons a 3D HD view inside the patient’s body • Ergonomically designed console where the surgeon sits while operating • Wristed instruments that bend and rotate far greater than the human hand Sterile Processing Department (SPD)

SPD processes and sterilizes all instruments and trays for the entire organization.  Kern Medical processes over 5,000 items per month. This area employs Certified SPD Technicians and works very closely with the OR/Outpatient Clinic staff. Perianesthesia Services/Diagnostic Treatment Center (PACU/DTC) PACU/DTC services cares for over 500 patients a month.  PACU has a 1:1 or 2:1 ratio caring for all types of post procedural/surgical patients including critical care patients.  DTC performs all types of outpatient and inpatient endoscopies, infusions, transfusions, and minor procedures.

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