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Ambulatory Surgery Center opens at
Bascom Palmer Eye

Institute at Naples

The state of the
art facility has
T he much-awaited Ambulatory Surgery Center rooms and six
two operating
(ASC) at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at Naples
admission and
opened its doors in late January. The ASC is located
on the 2nd floor of the present free standing
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. The state of the art
to allow the
facility has two operating rooms and six admission and recovery bays
recovery bays to allow the physicians and staff the ability to
provide our patients with the care that has ranked Bascom physicians and
staff the ability
Palmer number one for the past 16 years in a row. Each
operating room is equipped with identical equipment to
provide for flexibility in doing cases. The admission and to provide our
patients with
recovery bays are equipped the same for flexibility in caring their surgery and final instructions.
for patients and meeting their needs. After the initial cases, the ASC has opened THE YOU’VE NEVER BEEN ONE TO MISS OUT ON A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
to a full surgery schedule. In these following the care that has SO WHEN PLANNING YOUR NEXT MOVE, GO WITH A CHOICE WORTH CELEBRATING!
ranked Bascom
weeks surgeries in most specialties have BEST
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feeling of involvement in the patients care. When the surgery is complete,
the surgeon speaks to the family member in the private consult room. The
family is then brought back to PACU shortly thereafter to get the discharge
instructions and have any questions answered that they may have.
The facility is staffed with an Anesthesiologist, Certified Registered
Nurse Anesthetists, an all RN staff, Certified Surgical Technologists
When a patients is seen in the clinic and surgery is and a Certified Instrument Technician. Prior to opening the staff was
determined to be necessary the patients sit with a Registered afforded the ability to have hands on training at the Bascom Palmer Eye
Nurse and they are given the surgical instructions and Institute in both Miami and Palm Beach Gardens for several weeks to
their questions are answered. The patient then meets with assure the competency on the new equipment that is required to provide
the surgical scheduler. Their surgery date is scheduled and care to our patients.
additional instructions are given. The patients are called 1-2 The Bascom Palmer Naples Surgery Center is ready to treat all your surgical
business days prior to their surgery and given the time of eye needs. Let us help you with your vision to see the future more clearly.

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