Aorn JournalPub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.1002/aorn.13998
Bethany L Phillips, Erica L Casanova
{"title":"Using the Manufacturer's Instructions for Use and Spaulding Classification System to Assess Disinfection Practices for Ultrasound Transducers in the Perioperative Setting.","authors":"Bethany L Phillips, Erica L Casanova","doi":"10.1002/aorn.13998","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aorn.13998","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Proper use and disinfection of medical devices and instruments is essential to preventing infection and providing safe patient care. Because of an increase in the complexity of medical devices and patient interventions, it has become more difficult for perioperative staff members to ensure that equipment is properly used and disinfected according to the manufacturer's instructions for use and the Spaulding classification system. One type of medical device that may have multiple clinical uses is the ultrasound transducer. In the perioperative setting, ultrasound transducers can be used for surface, percutaneous, and endocavitary procedures. They also may be used at multiple times before, during, and after a procedure, which may make it challenging for perioperative staff members to know the correct disinfection practice. They should use the device's instructions for use and the Spaulding classification system to guide their clinical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":54317,"journal":{"name":"Aorn Journal","volume":"118 4","pages":"232-239"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41139316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aorn JournalPub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.1002/aorn.14001
Jennifer Speth
{"title":"Guidelines in Practice: Minimally Invasive Surgery.","authors":"Jennifer Speth","doi":"10.1002/aorn.14001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aorn.14001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>During minimally invasive surgery (MIS), surgeons create small and percutaneous incisions to access internal structures without open surgical incisions. Some MIS equipment is complex and challenging for perioperative nurses to manage. Patients also can experience life-threatening complications during MIS procedures. The updated AORN \"Guideline for minimally invasive surgery\" provides recommendations that perioperative nurses can use when caring for patients undergoing MIS procedures. This article provides an overview of the guideline and discusses several recommendations, including creating a safe environment in which to perform MIS procedures; using gas distension media, irrigation and fluid distension media, and computer-assisted navigation and robotics; and performing intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging in a hybrid OR. It also includes a scenario describing care of a patient undergoing a hysteroscopy. Perioperative nurses who care for patients undergoing MIS procedures should review the guideline in its entirety and apply the recommendations as applicable in their practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":54317,"journal":{"name":"Aorn Journal","volume":"118 4","pages":"250-257"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41172355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aorn JournalPub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.1002/aorn.14006
{"title":"Maximizing the Effectiveness of Value Analysis.","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/aorn.14006","DOIUrl":"10.1002/aorn.14006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54317,"journal":{"name":"Aorn Journal","volume":"118 4","pages":"258-260"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41157841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aorn JournalPub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.1002/aorn.14017
{"title":"60 Years of AORN Journal: 2008-2012.","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/aorn.14017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aorn.14017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54317,"journal":{"name":"Aorn Journal","volume":"118 4","pages":"212-213"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41155501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aorn JournalPub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.1002/aorn.14004
Kathleen McMullen
{"title":"There Is no \"I\" in Team…but There Should Be an IP!","authors":"Kathleen McMullen","doi":"10.1002/aorn.14004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aorn.14004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54317,"journal":{"name":"Aorn Journal","volume":"118 4","pages":"208-209"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41159387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aorn JournalPub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.1002/aorn.14010
Rebecca Qualey
{"title":"Documenting Perioperative Care in the Electronic Health Record.","authors":"Rebecca Qualey","doi":"10.1002/aorn.14010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/aorn.14010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54317,"journal":{"name":"Aorn Journal","volume":"118 4","pages":"261-266"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41163621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}