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AORN MAN-843-2006
Recommended Practices for the Use of the Pneumatic Tourniquet in the Perioperative Practice Setting
These recommended practices provide guidelines for use of pneumatic tourniquets, which are primarily used to occlude blood flow, obtain a near bloodless field for extremity surgery, and to confine a bolus of anesthetic in an extremity for intravenous regional anesthesia (IVRA; ie, Bier block). These recommended practices provide information for testing, applying, and cleaning pneumatic tourniquet equipment, and the patient care associated with the safe use of this equipment.
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