AORN Journal

GUIDELINE FIRST LOOK: Guideline for Sharps Safety aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ao… #AORNJournal #PerioperativeNurses #Nursing #NurseLife #OperatingRoomNurses

Is it acceptable for scrubbed team members to leave the OR during a procedure and stand in the sterile core when fluoroscopy is in use? aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ao… #AORNJournal #PerioperativeNurses #Nursing #NurseLife #OperatingRoomNurses

Solutions At Work: Warming Bundle Reduces Surgical Site Infections aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ao… #AORNJournal #PerioperativeNurses #Nursing #NurseLife #OperatingRoomNurses

Components of a pediatric cardiac SSI-prevention bundle. (CHG = chlorhexidine gluconate; SSI =surgical site infection) Link: aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ao… #AORNJournal #PerioperativeNurses #Nursing #NurseLife #OperatingRoomNurses

Recent Evidence in Surgical Site Infections aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ao… #AORNJournal #PerioperativeNurses #Nursing #NurseLife #OperatingRoomNurses

Navigating AAMI ST108 Water Quality Requirements for Safe Processing of Medical Devices aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ao… #AORNJournal #PerioperativeNurses #Nursing #NurseLife #OperatingRoomNurses

Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair: Risk Factors and the Clinical Effect of Seroma Formation aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ao… #AORNJournal #PerioperativeNurses #Nursing #NurseLife #OperatingRoomNurses

Closing the Gap Between Infection Prevention Guidelines and Real‐World Practice aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ao… #InfectionPrevention #Healthcare #PatientSafety #HandHygiene #ImplementationResearch

What Are Ultra-Low Particulate Air Filters? bit.ly/4jGS1oE #AORNJournal #PerioperativeNurses #Nursing #NurseLife #OperatingRoomNurses

GUIDELINE FIRST LOOK: Guideline for Patient Temperature Management aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ao… #AORNJournal #PerioperativeNurses #Nursing #NurseLife #OperatingRoomNurses

ASC INSIGHTS: Performing Outpatient Bariatric Surgery aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ao… #AORNJournal #PerioperativeNurses #Nursing #NurseLife #OperatingRoomNurses

A Comparative Study of Time to Initiate Chest Compressions and Chest Compression Fraction in the Supine and Prone Positions Using Simulation aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ao… #AORNJournal #PerioperativeNurses #Nursing #NurseLife #OperatingRoomNurses

Supporting Ethical Competence in Perioperative Nursing aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ao… #AORNJournal #PerioperativeNurses #Nursing #NurseLife #OperatingRoomNurses

Emergence, Transmission, and Containment of Candida auris in the Perioperative Setting aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ao… #AORNJournal #PerioperativeNurses #Nursing #NurseLife #OperatingRoomNurses

This Guideline Quick View highlights important elements of the Implementation of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery guideline and includes images, implementation steps, and the rationale for why these steps are important to promote safety. aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ao…

Selecting the Best Postoperative Wound Dressings aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ao… #AORNJournal #Surgery #SafeSurgery #WoundDressings

Back to Basics 2.0: Radiation Safety aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ao… #AORNJournal #RadiationSafety #SafeSurgery #PerioperativeNurses #OperatingRoom

Question: What is short-cycle sterilization? How does it differ from terminal sterilization and immediate-use steam sterilization? Answer: aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ao… #AORNJournal #SterileProcessing #SafeSurgery #PerioperativeNurses #OperatingRoom

This Guideline Quick View highlights important elements from the AORN “Guideline for sterilization.” aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ao… #AORNJournal #SterileProcessing #SafeSurgery #PerioperativeNurses #OperatingRoom

Periop Briefing interviewed nurses from Elmhurst NYC Health + Hospitals, Elmhurst, New York, about the development and implementation of a pressure injury prevention program at their facility. aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ao… #AORNJournal #PressureInjury #ORNurses #OperatingRoomNurses