Guideline Essentials
Easily Implement Guidelines for Perioperative Practice
Guideline Essentials are online implementation tools that help you and your entire perioperative team apply AORN’s evidence-based guidelines in everyday practice.
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Guideline Essentials Series
Educators
Reinforce a standardized approach to educating and refreshing clinical skills.
Managers
Support your team’s perioperative goals and be survey ready.
Perioperative Nurses
Maintain and advance your skills to be your perioperative best.
Implementation Tools
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QUICK VIEW (HOW-TO INSTRUCTIONS)
Includes photos, illustrations, videos, and an overview of the Guideline. -
CASE STUDIES & FAQS
Learn best practices from your perioperative peers and get the answers you need. -
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Retain guideline practices by regularly consulting the key takeaways.
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GAP ANALYSIS TOOLS
Understand your team’s educational gaps and be a step ahead of surveyors. -
CUSTOMIZABLE TEMPLATES
Save time with customizable policies, competency verification tools, and PowerPoint presentations. -
IMPLEMENTATION ROAD MAP
Develop a strategic guideline implementation plan with a detailed infographic.
- Autologous Tissue Management (Updated)
- Complementary Care Interventions (NEW - June, 2021)
- Design and Maintenance
- Electrosurgical Safety (Updated July, 2020)
- Environment of Care
- Environmental Cleaning (Updated)
- Flexible Endoscopes
- Hand Hygiene (Updated June, 2022)
- High-Level Disinfection
- Hypothermia (Updated)
- Information Management (Updated April, 2022)
- Instrument Cleaning (Updated October, 2020)
- Laser Safety (Updated July, 2020)
- Local Anesthesia (Updated November, 2020)
- Medication Safety
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Moderate Sedation/Analgesia
- Packaging Systems (Updated)
- Patient Skin Antisepsis
- Pneumatic Tourniquets (Updated)
- Positioning the Patient (Updated May, 2022)
- Pressure Injury Prevention (NEW - May, 2022)
- Product Evaluation
- Radiation Safety
- Retained Surgical Items (Updated December, 2021)
- Safe Patient Handling and Movement
- Sharps Safety (Updated)
- Specimen Management (Updated)
- Sterile Technique
- Sterilization
- Surgical Attire (Updated)
- Surgical Smoke Safety (Updated October, 2021)
- Team Communication
- Transmission-Based Precautions
- Venous Thromboembolism
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