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Patient settled on stretcher or prepped to walk to OR [Free-Standing ASC] Get into transport or operative stretcher- take lower part off so not have to move patient, so depending on type of procedure get on stretcher.
The OR nurse comes in and takes patient out to OR and transports in whatever method needed, since the patient is awake until after they do the time out.
Appendix D. Site Visit Comparison Process | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)