{"id":4993,"date":"2015-12-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/2015\/12\/02\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\/"},"modified":"2023-06-23T11:08:20","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T17:08:20","slug":"from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\/","title":{"rendered":"From the slopes to surgery: tiered scrub orientation underway at UCH"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>

Think about hospital operating rooms, and images of surgeries and scrubbing probably spring immediately to mind. Skiing and slaloms? Not so much. But OR procedures and ski slopes have at least one important thing in common: degree of difficulty.<\/p>\n

That concept underlies a pilot now underway in the inpatient ORs at UCHealth Metro Denver (University of Colorado Hospital). The idea is to assign cases to scrub tech and scrub nurse orientees that match their skill levels and experience and help them prepare for progressively challenging procedures.<\/p>\n

Cases are designated in a way familiar to those who take to the ski slopes: green for beginners, blue for those in the intermediate stages, and black for experts. All orientees begin with \u201cgreen\u201d procedures. These cases require appropriate gowning, awareness of sharps safety, assembling retractors and instruments, and maintaining a sterile field.<\/p>\n

At the blue level, the orientee sets the case up independently, handles the instrumentation, and understands the appropriate pace of the surgery. For black cases, the orientee demonstrates an understanding of specialty equipment, plans for anticipated surgical outcomes, and offers suggestions that might improve case efficiency and outcomes.<\/p>\n

An individual can progress from green to blue by meeting evaluation requirements for specific skills on three cases from his or her service line leader, preceptors, and surgeons. The same applies to orientees who want to move from blue to black cases and for those seeking to work on black cases.<\/p>\n

The plan currently is aimed at cases in general surgery, gynecologic and surgical oncology, plastics, and burn.<\/p>\n

Entering the green zone<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The pilot idea was initiated by Shandra Wilson, MD, associate professor of urologic surgery at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and medical director for the Urologic Oncology Clinic at UCH.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve all been in situations where the experience of the orientee doesn\u2019t match the case,\u201d Wilson said.<\/p>\n

To measure the potential short-term benefits of the approach, Wilson administered a survey to orientees that asked them to rate the appropriateness of their assignments for their skill level and their comfort in handling cases they had been assigned. Surgeons were asked to assess how appropriately orientees were matched to cases and whether or not they had ever asked a scrub orientee to step aside because they were concerned about his or her skill level. Wilson said she plans to resurvey and evaluate the results.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to see movement,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

At the very least, the skills checklist and evaluation process increase the likelihood that orientees have the basic skills in place to handle a variety of surgical procedures, Wilson said. That, in turn, could have longer-term benefits, such as improving patient safety, avoiding unnecessary delays, minimizing blood loss, and managing costs, she added.<\/p>\n

The most important pay-off of the initiative, will be developing cohesive teams that protect patients, said Richard Schulick, MD<\/a>, chair of the Department of Surgery at UCH.<\/p>\n

Surgical technologist Stephanie Azeltine (right) and orientee Kozmo Flores, RN, scrub for a reconstructive urologic procedure, which is a \u201cgreen\u201d case.<\/p>\n

Orientees at the green level aren\u2019t excluded from blue or black cases, said Sara Rushman, RN, CNOR, clinical nurse educator for the inpatient OR. If the schedule demands it, they can start a case at either of those levels and continue it until a retractor is placed and the surgery itself starts. Preceptors are always in contact with orientees, Rushman added, and will step in if the procedure demands it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are trying to avoid putting the orientee in a difficult situation,\u201d Rushman said.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a sometimes overlooked consideration, Schulick added. \u201cWe often look at cases from the surgeon\u2019s perspective,\u201d he said \u201cFor difficult cases, we want the scrub with the greatest experience. But from the scrub\u2019s perspective, he or she doesn\u2019t want a case where things don\u2019t smoothly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Training trials<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"BlueIndeed, as straightforward as the approach sounds, it\u2019s been challenging to implement, said Jenny Ward, RN, CNOR, genitourinary\/gynecology service line specialist for the inpatient OR. For one thing, as the lone academic medical center in the Rocky Mountain region, UCH might not get a large number of green cases on any given day. That means that even orientees at the beginning of their six-month orientation may have to spend a fair amount of time working more complex cases. They therefore don\u2019t move smoothly and predictably from one level to the next, Ward said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe might not have many green cases, but the orientees still need education,\u201d Ward said.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also difficult to match cases and orientees perfectly on a staff with a combined total of 135 scrub techs and scrub nurses working with orientees who constantly rotate through different services, Ward said. That makes it a challenge for charge nurses to know the progress of each orientee and assign cases on the basis of their skill level.<\/p>\n

To address that, Wilson created a binder with information about each orientee\u2019s demonstrated skills that charge nurses can use as a reference to make assignments.<\/p>\n

But the environment of a teaching hospital can turn the categories of green, blue, and black to shades of gray, Ward said. The pilot calls for \u201cgreen\u201d orientees to stop at the point of placing retractors, but not all learners progress at the same rate, she pointed out.<\/p>\n

\"ShandraLuda Zeldin, surgical technologist (near right) and orientee, Kelsey Nida, RN, scrubbing for a robotic prostatectomy, a \u201cblue\u201d case.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat about the one who is doing well?\u201d Ward asked. \u201cWhy not let her keep going? In practice, we\u2019re finding that there is a lot more of a gray zone. Sometimes I let them go.\u201d The engaged preceptor, Ward said, will know when to make that call.<\/p>\n

The pilot aims to make orientees happier with their work experience by sparing them from uncomfortable situations, Rushman added, but others might chafe at missed opportunities to work on the most challenging cases.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey all need to learn, but how do you learn if you aren\u2019t given the opportunity to do those harder cases?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n

Even acknowledging these nuances, however, the rapid growth of UCH\u2019s surgical service, which has added six new inpatient ORs since 2013, together with the volume of complex cases, demands a tiered system, Rushman said. Surgeons performing cases with large amounts of expected blood loss or tumors with vascular involvement, for example, \u201cneed someone who can stay on top of it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve acknowledged that there is sometimes a mismatch between cases,\u201d Schulick added. \u201cWe anticipate some things and not others, which is a natural consequence of our growth.\u201d It takes time, he noted, to assess and understand the skills a new staff member possesses.<\/p>\n

Urologic surgeon Shandra Wilson, MD, spearheaded the scrub orientation initiative at UCH.<\/p>\n

A tiered system, however imperfect, is also important if the hospital is to hold onto staff, said Ward, who acknowledged that retention in the OR has been a challenging issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are finding ways to get our people to stay here,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to take into account orientees\u2019 skill levels so they feel better prepared for surgeries and have more confidence in the skills they are using.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Think about hospital operating rooms, and images of surgeries and scrubbing probably spring immediately to mind. Skiing and slaloms? Not so much. But OR procedures and ski slopes have at least one important thing in common: degree of difficulty. That concept underlies a pilot now underway in the inpatient ORs at UCHealth Metro Denver (University […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":17957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[277,217,9187,455,454],"class_list":["post-4993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthy-living","tag-metro-denver","tag-oncology","tag-readysetco","tag-university-of-colorado-school-of-medicine","tag-urology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFrom the slopes to surgery: tiered scrub orientation underway at UCH - UCHealth Today<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Think about hospital operating rooms, and images of surgeries and scrubbing probably spring immediately to mind. Skiing and slaloms? Not so much. But OR procedures and ski slopes have at least one important thing in common: degree of difficulty. That concept underlies a pilot now...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"From the slopes to surgery: tiered scrub orientation underway at UCH\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Think about hospital operating rooms, and images of surgeries and scrubbing probably spring immediately to mind. Skiing and slaloms? Not so much. But OR procedures and ski slopes have at least one important thing in common: degree of difficulty. That concept underlies a pilot now underway in the inpatient ORs at UCHealth Metro Denver (University […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UCHealth Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uchealthorg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-12-02T07:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-23T17:08:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/08\/13211442\/UCHealth-University-of-Colorado-Hospital-Exterior-sized.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"UCHealth Writers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@uchealth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@uchealth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"UCHealth Writers\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"UCHealth Writers\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b42635b22028b4761efa8849bfec3811\"},\"headline\":\"From the slopes to surgery: tiered scrub orientation underway at UCH\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-02T07:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-23T17:08:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1207,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/13211442\\\/UCHealth-University-of-Colorado-Hospital-Exterior-sized.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Metro Denver\",\"Oncology\",\"Ready. Set. CO\",\"University of Colorado School of Medicine\",\"Urology\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Healthy living\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\\\/\",\"name\":\"From the slopes to surgery: tiered scrub orientation underway at UCH - UCHealth Today\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/13211442\\\/UCHealth-University-of-Colorado-Hospital-Exterior-sized.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-02T07:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-23T17:08:20+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/13211442\\\/UCHealth-University-of-Colorado-Hospital-Exterior-sized.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/13211442\\\/UCHealth-University-of-Colorado-Hospital-Exterior-sized.webp\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":801,\"caption\":\"UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora. Photo: UCHealth.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"From the slopes to surgery: tiered scrub orientation underway at UCH\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/\",\"name\":\"UCHealth Today\",\"description\":\"UCHealth Today\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"UCHealth\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/24135149\\\/UCHealth-square-logo-1000x1000-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/24135149\\\/UCHealth-square-logo-1000x1000-1.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"UCHealth\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/uchealthorg\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/uchealth\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/uchealth\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/school\\\/14839\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/uchealthorg\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UC41SJI79yjZIe96OajzN22g\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b42635b22028b4761efa8849bfec3811\",\"name\":\"UCHealth Writers\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7e908f81c51be4709fddf41493942c85900762f0c10e3bc19d1ee8dc5bf0f223?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7e908f81c51be4709fddf41493942c85900762f0c10e3bc19d1ee8dc5bf0f223?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7e908f81c51be4709fddf41493942c85900762f0c10e3bc19d1ee8dc5bf0f223?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"UCHealth Writers\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/author\\\/uchealthwriters\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"From the slopes to surgery: tiered scrub orientation underway at UCH - UCHealth Today","description":"Think about hospital operating rooms, and images of surgeries and scrubbing probably spring immediately to mind. Skiing and slaloms? Not so much. But OR procedures and ski slopes have at least one important thing in common: degree of difficulty. That concept underlies a pilot now...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"From the slopes to surgery: tiered scrub orientation underway at UCH","og_description":"Think about hospital operating rooms, and images of surgeries and scrubbing probably spring immediately to mind. Skiing and slaloms? Not so much. But OR procedures and ski slopes have at least one important thing in common: degree of difficulty. That concept underlies a pilot now underway in the inpatient ORs at UCHealth Metro Denver (University […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\/","og_site_name":"UCHealth Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uchealthorg\/","article_published_time":"2015-12-02T07:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-06-23T17:08:20+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/08\/13211442\/UCHealth-University-of-Colorado-Hospital-Exterior-sized.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"UCHealth Writers","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@uchealth","twitter_site":"@uchealth","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"UCHealth Writers","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\/"},"author":{"name":"UCHealth Writers","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#\/schema\/person\/b42635b22028b4761efa8849bfec3811"},"headline":"From the slopes to surgery: tiered scrub orientation underway at UCH","datePublished":"2015-12-02T07:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-23T17:08:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\/"},"wordCount":1207,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/08\/13211442\/UCHealth-University-of-Colorado-Hospital-Exterior-sized.webp","keywords":["Metro Denver","Oncology","Ready. Set. CO","University of Colorado School of Medicine","Urology"],"articleSection":["Healthy living"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\/","url":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\/","name":"From the slopes to surgery: tiered scrub orientation underway at UCH - UCHealth Today","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/08\/13211442\/UCHealth-University-of-Colorado-Hospital-Exterior-sized.webp","datePublished":"2015-12-02T07:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-23T17:08:20+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/08\/13211442\/UCHealth-University-of-Colorado-Hospital-Exterior-sized.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/08\/13211442\/UCHealth-University-of-Colorado-Hospital-Exterior-sized.webp","width":1200,"height":801,"caption":"UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora. Photo: UCHealth."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/from-the-slopes-to-surgery-tiered-scrub-orientation-underway-at-uch\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"From the slopes to surgery: tiered scrub orientation underway at UCH"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/","name":"UCHealth Today","description":"UCHealth Today","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#organization","name":"UCHealth","url":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/24135149\/UCHealth-square-logo-1000x1000-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/24135149\/UCHealth-square-logo-1000x1000-1.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"caption":"UCHealth"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uchealthorg\/","https:\/\/x.com\/uchealth","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uchealth\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/14839\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/uchealthorg\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC41SJI79yjZIe96OajzN22g"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#\/schema\/person\/b42635b22028b4761efa8849bfec3811","name":"UCHealth Writers","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e908f81c51be4709fddf41493942c85900762f0c10e3bc19d1ee8dc5bf0f223?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e908f81c51be4709fddf41493942c85900762f0c10e3bc19d1ee8dc5bf0f223?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e908f81c51be4709fddf41493942c85900762f0c10e3bc19d1ee8dc5bf0f223?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"UCHealth Writers"},"url":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/author\/uchealthwriters\/"}]}},"coauthors":[{"id":22,"name":"UCHealth Writers","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/author\/uchealthwriters\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4993"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65245,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4993\/revisions\/65245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}