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AORN MAN-847B-2012
Recommended Practices for a Safe Environment of Care
These recommended practices provide guidance for providing a safe environment of care and assist perioperative registered nurses in the identification of potential hazards in the practice setting. They include information on security; privacy rules; workplace ergonomics; electrical safety, heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC); medical equipment; clinical alarms; blanket- and solution-warming cabinets; fire safety; medical gases; anesthesia gas systems; surgical smoke plume; chemicals; methyl methacrylate bone cement; chemotherapeutic agents; tubing connections; and hazardous upon disposal waste.
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses [aorn]