Impact Stories
Ascension Borgess Foundation
Improved patient and staff safety in the operating room at Borgess-Lee Hospital was made possible because of you
Your gift to the Ascension Borgess-Lee Foundation helped purchase a Neptune 3 mobile unit for Surgical Services and is being used in the Operating Room.
The Neptune 3 unit collects waste and evacuates surgical smoke generated from surgical devices that use an electric current. It is a constantly closed system that collects, transports and disposes of surgical waste fluid while protecting patients and staff from hazardous fluid and smoke exposure.
According to Diana Mikulski, Registered Nurse Manager, Surgical Services and Emergency Department, the Neptune 3 equipment is essential to staff and patient safety. “Because of the Neptune device, the Operating Room staff now has decreased exposure to body fluids as well as potentially harmful smoke inhalation.”
The Neptune 3 unit collects waste and evacuates surgical smoke generated from surgical devices that use an electric current. It is a constantly closed system that collects, transports and disposes of surgical waste fluid while protecting patients and staff from hazardous fluid and smoke exposure.
According to Diana Mikulski, Registered Nurse Manager, Surgical Services and Emergency Department, the Neptune 3 equipment is essential to staff and patient safety. “Because of the Neptune device, the Operating Room staff now has decreased exposure to body fluids as well as potentially harmful smoke inhalation.”