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AORN Revises Hand Hygiene Recommended Practice

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) announces that it has revised terminology in its recently published “Recommended Practices for Hand Hygiene in the Perioperative Setting” to account for the multiple regulatory paths related to hand ...More
July 24, 2009
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
Surgical Best Practices for Infection Prevention

The goal of surgical best practices is to prevent surgical site infections (SSIs), which can be triggered by contamination from the surgical instrument or by skin flora at the incision site, as well as by bacterial cross-contamination or by surgical hypothermia. Brennan, et ...More
February 27, 2009
Posted in Articles, Hand Hygiene, PPE & Standard Precautions
Maintaining Asepsis Within a Sterile Field in Surgery

In order to advance in our knowledge of nursing practice we must keep in mind the basic information of the daily tasks that we perform which truly make a difference. One such basic but extremely important task in the perioperative setting is maintaining asepsis within a ...More
February 27, 2009
Posted in Articles, Hand Hygiene
Principles of Aseptic Technique Never Go Out of Style

It was approximately two years ago that I first wrote about the two-step handwashing technique for the operating room (OR). The idea was to wash and/or or scrub one’s hands with hospital-grade soap to clean the hands before starting the surgical scrub with an ...More
February 27, 2009
Posted in Articles, Hand Hygiene
How to Evaluate Surgical Skin Prep Products

ICT introduces a new, regular column in which members of industry suggest strategies for the evaluation and purchasing of infection prevention and control products. This month we take a look at surgical skin prep products. Participants are: Jane Kirk, MSN, RN, CIC, clinical ...More
February 27, 2009
Posted in Articles, Hand Hygiene