Articles Tagged With: AORN
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TJC: Surgical Fires Remain a Serious Threat to Safety
Despite attention in recent years, surgical fires continue to pose a serious threat to patients and staff, according to a recent Sentinel Event Alert from The Joint Commission.
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AORN Issues Revised, Evidence-Based Perioperative Pressure Injury Guide
The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses has released a revised perioperative pressure injury toolkit, which was built on international guidance from 2019.
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AORN Offers Perioperative Nurses Guidance on COVID-19
For perioperative nurses working through the COVID-19 crisis, the message is simple: “Do what you do best: Remain calm, and take care of the problem."
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AORN Offers Safe Patient Handling Guidance
Perioperative nurses often sustain musculoskeletal injuries from lifting and moving patients. This is a problem that poses even more risks in a society with an obesity epidemic.
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AORN revamps retained objects guidelines
Surgical items are mistakenly left inside a patient 4,500 to 6,000 times a year, according to the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), which is updating its guidelines for avoiding that error.