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The Official Voice of Perioperative Nursing
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July 2024 Issue
4.3 CH
The AORN Journal July issue features the following articles:
- Improving Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone Specimen Handling and Processing
- Development and Effectiveness of a Standardized Hand-Off Program Using the SWITCH Tool for OR Nurses: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Guidelines in Practice: Team Communication (1.7 CH)
- Back to Basics 2.0: Perioperative Care of the Older Adult (1.4 CH)
- Clinical Issues (1.2 CH)
- Cleaning surgical instruments after use in a procedure involving chemotherapeutic medications
- Paper count sheets sterilized inside instrument sets
- Off-label use of dental devices during direct laryngoscopy
- Using intermittent pneumatic compression devices on patients in lithotomy position
- Reusable Versus Single-Use Endoscopes
- And more!
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