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Guideline Essentials

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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Everyone is Responsible for Patient Safety

Educators

Educators

Reinforce a standardized approach to educating and refreshing clinical skills.

Managers

Managers

Support your team’s perioperative goals and be survey ready.

Perioperative Nurses

Perioperative Nurses

Maintain and advance your skills to be your perioperative best.

Implementation Tools

  • 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.

 

  • 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.

Guideline Essentials Series

Autologous Tissue (Updated)

Complementary Care (NEW - June 7, 2021)

Design and Maintenance

Electrosurgical Safety

Environment of Care

Environmental Cleaning (Updated)

Hand Hygiene

High-Level Disinfection

Hypothermia (Updated)

Information Management

Instrument Cleaning (Updated)

Laser Safety

Local Anesthesia (Updated)

Medication Safety

Minimally Invasive Surgery

Moderate Sedation

Packaging Systems (Updated)

Pneumatic Tourniquets (Updated)

Positioning the Patient

Processing Flexible Endoscopes

Product Evaluation

Radiation Safety

Safe Patient Handling and Movement

Sharps Safety (Updated)

Skin Antisepsis

Specimen Management (Updated 12/20)

Sterile Technique

Sterilization

Surgical Attire (Updated)

Surgical Smoke (Updated 10/21)

Team Communication

Transmission-Based Precautions

Unintentionally Retained Surgical Items

Venous Thromboembolism

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