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Cases & case prep
The tray-by-tray checklist you run the morning of surgery.
Open a case
- 1From the dashboard, tap a case in the Today list — or open "Start Case" in the bottom navigation for every upcoming case.
- 2Tap a case to open it. Rows show the surgeon, hospital, and a TODAY / TOMORROW / date tag.
Prep a case tray by tray
- 1Open the case — the checklist is live right away. Tap "Edit" to add anything one-off.
- 2Work the "Trays" section top to bottom: expand a tray and tick each item as you pull it — the tray fills in by itself when everything inside is done.
- 3Or tap the tray's own checkbox to mark the whole tray ready at once.
- 4When everything's ticked, tap "Finish case" at the bottom.
- The badge next to each tray tells you "● Already here" (on-site at the case's hospital) or "▲ Bring it".
- There is no "start" step — a case is yours to work from the moment you open it.
- Finishing a case marks its opened trays "Unsterile" so you remember they need to go back through SPD — untouched trays stay sterile. If anything is still unticked, Dash asks before it finishes. "Reopen case" puts it back on the schedule.
- Progress also counts the room-map pieces and the other checklist sections — the percent at the top is the whole case.
Use the OR room map
- 1Open the case's "Room setup" section. The map starts locked — tap each piece as you place it in the room.
- 2To rearrange: tap "Edit map", then drag pieces (and the OR table) where they belong.
- 3Tap a piece to rename it, drag the round knob above it to rotate, and use the slider on the map's right edge to resize.
- 4Add equipment with the palette pills (Microscope, C-arm, Back table, Mayo stand, and more), then tap "Done".
Add one-off items to a case
- 1Open the case and tap "Edit".
- 2Type into "Add a tray…" in the Trays section, "Add an item to pull…" inside a tray, or "Add an item…" in any other checklist.
- 3Remove anything with the X next to it, then tap "Done editing".
- One-off edits only touch this case — the surgeon's procedure template stays as you built it.
Save a case setup as a reusable template
- 1On a scheduled case, open "Case options".
- 2Tap "Save this setup as a template", name it, and tap "Save as template".
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