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Perioperative Standards and Recommended Practices Book

 

Let AORN's Perioperative Standards and Recommended Practices, 2013 Edition help you create a safe perioperative environment for optimal patient outcomes. An essential resource for OR nurses, managers and educators, this comprehensive publication helps define the perioperative nurse’s scope of responsibility for ensuring both patient and worker safety in all settings where surgical and other invasive procedures are performed.

The 2013 edition introduces the first ever evidence-rated recommended practices with new and significantly revised content on:  

  • Prevention of Transmissible Infections
  • Safe Environment of Care
  • Sterile Technique
  • Sterilization

These recommended practices have been evidence-rated using the Oncology Nursing Society Putting Evidence Into Practice (ONS PEP) Model and the Johns Hopkins Nursing EBP Model.
Also included is updated content on:  

  • Minimally Invasive Surgery
  • Electrosurgery
  • Fire Safety Policies and Procedures
 

2013 Recommended Practices Book New Order your copy today!


Price: $265

Member Price: $120


A new design with you in mind

Find the information you need faster. The 2013 edition presents an easy-to-navigate design with:

  • Color tabs to help identify individual recommended practices sections
  • Color images and diagrams
  • Refreshed, modernized tables
Searching for an earlier edition for legal research, and other uses? Contact our Customer Service Department at 800-755-2676 to purchase previous publications (sold individually). 

 

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