Laser Safety Courses
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Building Your Laser Safety Skills
Whether you’re fulfilling annual training requirements or working in a medical laser safety lead capacity at your current facility, you’ll find ways to grow your knowledge with AORN laser safety courses and tools.
Virtual Live Courses
Join your periop peers at upcoming live online courses centered around laser safety and tailored to meet you where you are on your career pathway.
3.25 CH | 3.25 AEU
Perioperative and procedural teams who use lasers are invited to join AORN for a half-day, virtual live training to understand and implement evidence-based laser safety processes. This course meets annual training requirements and provides guidance to keep yourself and your patients safe.
11.5 CH | 11.5 AEU
Join AORN for a 1.5-day virtual live advanced course for Medical Laser Safety Officers to ensure you have the most current information and tools to safeguard your colleagues and patients — and be successful in this important leadership role.
Convenient On-Demand Courses
Looking to increase your laser safety knowledge but can't make a live course? These self-paced courses can be completed at your convenience.
This educational module presents an overview of information for health care personnel who may be involved in laser procedures and provides a foundation for the creation of facility-specific laser policies and procedures.
This self-paced, online course equips nurses serving as the designated medical laser safety lead with the latest information to reduce risk and implement safety procedures to keep patients and OR staff safe.
Additional Laser Resources
Find more tools and information to help grow your clinical expertise in laser safety.
- AORN Guidelines for Perioperative Practice – Review the Guideline for Laser Safety in print or digital format. View purchase options
- Laser: Guideline Update 2021 Replay – Watch the on-demand guideline update webinar
- Fire Safety Toolkit – See key tools and resources, available exclusively to AORN Members
- Back to Basics: Laser Safety – Read the AORN Journal article
- 3 Risks for Fire in the OR & the Interventions You Nee to Protect Patients – Read the Periop Today article
- 2 Laser Safety Risks to Make You Think Twice – Read the Periop Life blog
- The AORN Center of Excellence in Surgical Safety: Smoke Evacuation Program – Access comprehensive, free education and resources to help your facility improve its surgical smoke safety efforts and earn the Go Clear AwardTM
