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Safe Environment of Care
1.5 Contact Hours

Introduction
There are numerous critical elements in maintaining a safe environment of care for both patients and health care workers. This module will address many of these elements including security, ergonomics, HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning), hazardous chemicals, and surgical smoke plume.

Purpose
This course provides guidance for providing a safe environment of care and assists perioperative registered nurses in the identification of potential hazards in the practice setting. 
 
Objectives

• Identify all potential hazards in the perioperative environment.
• Identify ways to minimize all potential hazards in the perioperative environment.
• Identify how creating and following policies and procedures contribute to a safe environment of care.

Course Requirements
To receive 1.5 contact hours for this course, you must achieve mastery of the content and submit an evaluation as instructed at the end of the course. This course contains 57 questions.

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Accreditation
AORN is an accredited provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on accreditation.

AORN is provider-approved by California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 13019

This program is approved for 1.5 hours of AEU credit by BASC Provider #0102.

Dislclosure Information
AORN's policy is that the subject matter experts for this product must disclose any financial relationship in a company providing grant funds and/or a company whose product(s) may be discussed or used during the educational activity.  Financial disclosure will include the name of the company and/or product and the type of financial relationship, and includes relationships that are in place at the time of the activity or were in place in the 12 months preceding the activity.  Disclosures for this activity are indicated according to the following numeric categories:

1. Consultant/Speaker's Bureau
2. Employee
3. Stockholder
4. Product Designer
5. Grant/Research Support
6. Other relationship (specify)
7. Has no financial interest

Subject Matter Experts
Byron Burlingame, RN, BSN, MS, CNOR
Perioperative Nursing Specialist
AORN
Denver, CO
7- No Financial Interest

Susan Root, RN, MSN, CNOR
Perioperative Education Specialist
AORN
Denver, CO
7- No Financial Interest