Operating Room Guidelines

Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection (1999)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/gl_surgicalsite.html

Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings (2002)
http://www.cdc.gov/handhygiene/

AORN Position Statement on Correct Site Surgery
http://www.aorn.org/about/positions/pdf/Final%20PS%20on%20Correct%20Site%20Surgery.pdf

AORN Position Statement on Patient Safety
http://www.aorn.org/about/positions/pdf/POS-PatientSafety.pdf

AORN Guidance Statement: Creating a Patient Safety Culture
http://www.aorn.org/about/positions/pdf/PatSafetyCulture-2006.pdf

AORN Position Statement on Workplace Safety
http://www.aorn.org/about/positions/pdf/POS-Workplace.pdf

AORN Revised Statement on the Patient and Healthcare Workers with Bloodborne Diseases Including Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
http://www.aorn.org/about/positions/hiv.htm

AORN Position Statement on Fire Prevention
http://www.aorn.org/about/positions/pdf/Final%20PS%20on%20Fire%20Prevention.pdf

AORN Guidance Statement: Reuse of Single-Use Devices
http://www.aorn.org/about/positions/pdf/Reuse.pdf

AORN Guidance Statement: Sharps Injury Prevention in the Perioperative Setting
http://www.aorn.org/about/positions/pdf/SECTI-2e-sharpssafety.pdf

AORN Latex Guideline
http://www.aorn.org/about/positions/pdf/7c-latex-2004.pdf

AORN Position Statement on the Role of the Scrub Person
http://www.aorn.org/about/positions/pdf/Final%20PS%20on%20the%20Role%20of%20the%20Scrub%20Person.pdf

Statement on Mandate for the Registered Professional Nurse in the Perioperative Practice Setting
http://www.aorn.org/about/positions/mandate.htm

Definition of Perioperative Advanced Practice Nurse
http://www.aorn.org/about/positions/advpractice.htm

AORN Position Statement on the Inclusion of Perioperative Nursing Learning Activities in Undergraduate Nursing Curricula
http://www.aorn.org/about/positions/inclusion.htm

AORN Statement on the Role of the Healthcare Industry Representative in the Operating Room
http://www.aorn.org/about/positions/industryrep.htm

Reprocessed Single-Use Devices
http://www.apic.org/Content/NavigationMenu/PracticeGuidance/FDA_Reprocessing_SUD_Talk_Paper.doc