|Slideshows|September 9, 2014

Slide Show: Instrument Cleaning and Care

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) and expert Cynthia Spry, MSN, RN, CNOR (E), CBSPDT -- lead author of AORN’s 2014 updated Recommended Practices (RP) for Cleaning and Care of Surgical Instruments -- share best practices for safer instrument cleaning and care.

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