Today in my OR one of the techs didn't not want to scrub prior to the patient entering the room. I work in an Ambi part of the OR. I wanted her to scrub before I brought the patient in.

This escalated into her arguing with me. She is experienced, but it still takes me away from the patient.

I believe we have a policy that states the tech must be scrubbed prior to the patient entering. We as the circulator, need to count, give medications etc. Her not scrubbing until after the patient enters, takes me away from patient care.

She NOR my management seem to care about this.

From what I can remember, AORN has a policy that also states this. I've searched the AORN site but can't find it.

Do any of you work in and OR that does not require this? Do the techs give you a hard time. Does your OR have a policy for this situation.