Guidelines For Perioperative Practice - Aorn

Rules for moving within a sterile field, maintaining the integrity of sterile drapes, and identifying contamination.

The door hissed open. The patient, Lily, was wheeled in. She was awake, terrified, her mother’s handprint still red on her cheek. Sarah squeezed Lily’s hand. "You’re in the best place," she whispered. But her eyes were on the anesthesia cart. The propofol syringe had a different lot number than the one listed on the medication reconciliation form. aorn guidelines for perioperative practice

Perioperative practice is often invisible to patients. They don’t see the sterile field being tested, the smoke evacuator humming, or the time out happening above their draped body. But these actions, dictated by the AORN Guidelines, are the difference between a routine discharge and a devastating complication. Rules for moving within a sterile field, maintaining

The strength of the AORN guidelines lies in their rigorous, evidence-based development process. They are not based on opinion but on a systematic review of the latest research and clinical evidence. An interdisciplinary panel of clinical experts, including perioperative nurses, surgeons, anesthesia providers, and infection preventionists, collaborates to craft the recommendations. This process ensures that the guidelines reflect the multifaceted reality of perioperative care. Furthermore, they are the only evidence-based guidelines for perioperative teams approved by the ECRI Guideline Trust, a hallmark of their trustworthiness and methodological soundness. She was awake, terrified, her mother’s handprint still

Hair should only be removed if it interferes with the surgical site, using electric clippers rather than razors to prevent micro-abrasions.