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Perioperative Standards and Recommended Practices

The 2013 Edition Features New Evidence-Rated Recommended Practices

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
               

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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  

Download a list of all recommended practices included in the 2013 edition. Interested in purchasing the 2012 book or CD? Limited quantities are still available through our online bookstore.

All 2013 formats and resources for this publication are now available:


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Contact our Customer Service department at 800-755-2676 to purchase past Perioperative Standards and Recommended Practices publications (sold individually). 

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