Aorn Guidelines For Perioperative Practice

Don't retrain everything at once. Use the 5-minute pre-op huddle to review one guideline. For example:

High-alert medications in the OR (e.g., heparin, potassium, insulin) require distinct labeling. The guideline eliminated the "pour and soak" method for local anesthetics on the back table, requiring syringes to be labeled immediately upon drawing up the medication. aorn guidelines for perioperative practice

Unintended perioperative hypothermia increases SSI risk and cardiac morbidity. The guideline mandates active warming (forced-air warming blankets) for any procedure lasting longer than 60 minutes or with an anesthetic duration > 30 minutes. Don't retrain everything at once