Have you had any cath lab-related complications in the past year requiring emergent cardiac surgery?
No, we have not had any requiring emergent cardiac surgery. What other modalities do you use to verify stenosis? Are you using physiology for lesion assessment? We have the PressureWire (Radi) and IVUS to assist us in verifying stenosis and lesion morphology. We have had success in reimbursement of these items. What measures has your cath lab implemented in order to cut or contain costs? We use the Lawson ordering system (St. Paul, MN) that assigns item numbers to each product ordered. These numbers can be used for all hospitals in the Trinity Health System, which saves time and money. Many of the products are under contracts that are negotiated at the corporate level. What type of quality control/quality assurance measures are practiced in your cath lab? We have staff that are dedicated to quality control of our x-ray testing every morning, ACT machine, oxygen saturation testing machine, defibrillator testing, intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) and refrigerator/blanket warmer temperatur
