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Previously Recorded Webinars

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Environmental Cleaning in the Perioperative Setting

This presentation will cover AORN's current recommended practices for environmental cleaning and disinfection in the surgical practice setting. These recommendations are intended as achievable guidelines which can be adapted. Careful application of these recommended practices should result in a clean environment for surgical patients and minimize the exposure risk for health care personnel and patients to potentially infectious microorganisms.

Speaker: Rose E. Seavey, RN, BS, MBA, CNOR, ACSP

Investment Information:
Member - $59
Non-Member - $119

This activity is worth 1 CE upon completion of webinar evaluation.
Member - $5
Non-Member - $10

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Sterilization Issues in the Ambulatory Setting

Hear a leading expert discuss how to implement the sterilization recommended practice in the ASC. This is your opportunity to ask questions and get answers you need to ensure your ASC is practicing within the recommended practices.

Speaker: Cynthia Spry, RN, MSN, MA, CNOR, and Lisa J. Thiemann, CRNA, MNA

Investment Information:
Member - $59
Non-Member - $119

This activity is worth 1 CE upon completion of webinar evaluation.
Member - $5
Non-Member - $10
Safe Practices for Sterile Medication Handling

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Safe Practices for Sterile Medication handling in the Ambulatory Setting

This webinar will identify the activities of contamination that have lead to postoperative infections associated with handling sterile medications and discuss safe practices for needles and syringe use.

Speaker: Cecil King, RN, MS, CNOR & Lisa J. Thiemann, CRNA, MNA

Investment Information:
Member - $59
Non-Member - $119

This activity is worth 1 CE upon completion of webinar evaluation.
Member - $5
Non-Member - $10

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ASC Update:Impact of Health Reform Proposals and Medicare Rules

Learn the latest regarding process and high level impact to the ASC related to the proposed rule from Medicare. The potential impact in three areas will be explored: quality measures, conditions of coverage, and procedures preformed in the ASC.

Speaker: Craig Jeffries, Esq.

Investment Information:
Member - $59
Non-Member - $119

This activity is worth 1 CE upon completion of webinar evaluation.
Member - $5
Non-Member - $10

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Sharps Safety - Preventing Sharps Injuries in the OR

This presentation provides the latest information on the prevention of sharps injuries in the OR. Percutaneous and mucocutaneous exposure is no longer considered an acceptable occupational hazard for health care workers. A team approach in the OR is critical if injuries are to be reduced. This session will provide the latest recommendations and information on compliance with regulations.

Speaker: Ramon Berguer, MD,FACS

Investment Information:
Member - FREE
Non-Member - $119

This activity is worth 1 CE upon completion of webinar evaluation.
Member - $5
Non-Member - $10

Register Now

Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) - Infection Control

Are you meeting the new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) survey expectations for ASC Conditions for Coverage (CfCs) with the added CfC Infection Control?

The goal for this webinar is to provide Ambulatory Surgery Personnel, responsible for the design and implementation of their Infection Prevention Program, information to meet the Ambulatory Surgery required elements.

Investment Information:
Member - $59
Non-Member - $119

This activity is worth 1 CE upon completion of webinar evaluation.
Member - $5
Non-Member - $10

Register Now

Standardized Perioperative Framework

Understand how a standardized language and workflow for perioperative nurses and management will lead to safer, more effective, and more efficient patient-centered care. This webinar will discuss the deficits in the current state of the perioperative record and plan of care and address the need for a standardized perioperative framework.

Investment Information:
Member - FREE
Non-Member - FREE

This activity is worth 1 CE upon completion of webinar evaluation.

To register, please contact AORN Customer Service at 800-755-2676, Ext. 1.

Disruptive Behavior in the OR - Can You Ignore It?

To meet the new Joint Commission Leadership Standards effective January 1, 2009 ignoring disruptive behavior is no longer an option. Facilities seeking accreditation are required to have a Code of Conduct and a process for addressing disruptive behavior. This webinar will focus on the new standard and the statement on Violence in the Workplace adopted by the Council and Perioperative Safety.

Investment Information:
Member - $39
Non-Member - $59

This activity is worth 1 CE upon completion of webinar evaluation.
Member - $5
Non-Member - $10

Please call AORN Customer Service to register for this recorded webinar at 800-755-2676, Ext. 1.

Everything You Wanted to Know About the 2009 Joint Commission Safety Goals, But Were Afraid to Ask

This recorded webinar presents a discussion on The Joint Commission's 2009 National Patient Safety Goals. Included are tips for implementation and potential pitfalls to avoid.

Get answers to your questions:
- Using armbands as an alternative to marking the surgery site: What information needs to be recorded?
- Who verifies the implants on your pre-op checklist?
- On OBGYN cases where the surgery site is unknown, where do they mark the site?
- What is the physician responsibility for the time-out process, documentation, compliance, acknowledgement of their role?
- What is the nurses role in the time-out process, and who is responsible for coordinating and starting the time-out?
- NEW!! What needs to be documented besides the time out and who needs to be involved?
- Can the time-out occur after induction and once the surgeon is in the room?
Investment Information:
Member - $39
Non-Member - $59

This activity is worth 1 CE upon completion of webinar evaluation.
Member - $5
Non-Member - $10

Please call AORN Customer Service to register for this recorded webinar at 800-755-2676, Ext. 1.
Perioperative Webinar Series

Sharps Safety - Preventing Sharps Injuries in the OR

This presentation provides the latest information on the prevention of sharps injuries in the OR. Percutaneous and mucocutaneous exposure is no longer considered an acceptable occupational hazard for health care workers. A team approach in the OR is critical if injuries are to be reduced. This session will provide the latest recommendations and information on compliance with regulations.

Speaker: Ramon Berguer, MD,FACS

Investment Information:
Member - FREE
Non-Member - $129

This activity is worth 1 CE upon completion of webinar evaluation.
Member - $5
Non-Member - $10

Register Now
General Perioperative Practice
Disruptive Behavior in the OR - Can You Ignore It?

To meet the new Joint Commission Leadership Standards effective January 2, 2009 ignoring disruptive behavior is no longer an option. Facilities seeking accreditation are required to have a Code of Conduct and a process for addressing disruptive behavior. This webinar will focus on the new standard and the statement on Violence in the Workplace adopted by the Council and Perioperative Safety.

Investment Information:
Member - $39
Non-Member - $59

This activity is worth 1 CE upon completion of webinar evaluation.
Member - $5
Non-Member - $10

Please call AORN Customer Service to register for this recorded webinar at 800-755-2676, Ext. 1.

Everything You Wanted to Know About the 2009 Joint Commission Safety Goals, But Were Afraid to Ask

This recorded webinar presents a discussion on The Joint Commission's 2009 National Patient Safety Goals. Included are tips for implementation and potential pitfalls to avoid.

Get answers to your questions:
- Using armbands as an alternative to marking the surgery site: What information needs to be recorded?
- Who verifies the implants on your pre-op checklist?
- On OBGYN cases where the surgery site is unknown, where do they mark the site?
- What is the physician responsibility for the time-out process, documentation, compliance, acknowledgement of their role?
- What is the nurses role in the time-out process, and who is responsible for coordinating and starting the time-out?
- NEW!! What needs to be documented besides the time out and who needs to be involved?
- Can the time-out occur after induction and once the surgeon is in the room?
Investment Information:
Member - $39
Non-Member - $59

This activity is worth 1 CE upon completion of webinar evaluation.
Member - $5
Non-Member - $10

Please call AORN Customer Service to register for this recorded webinar at 800-755-2676, Ext. 1.
Ambulatory

Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) - Infection Control

Are you meeting the new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) survey expectations for ASC Conditions for Coverage (CfCs) with the added CfC Infection Control?

The goal for this webinar is to provide Ambulatory Surgery Personnel, responsible for the design and implementation of their Infection Prevention Program, information to meet the Ambulatory Surgery required elements.

Investment Information:
Member - $59
Non-Member - $119

This activity is worth 1 CE upon completion of webinar evaluation.
Member - $5
Non-Member - $10

Register Now
Perioperative Products and Services

Standardized Perioperative Framework

Understand how a standardized language and workflow for perioperative nurses and management will lead to safer, more effective, and more efficient patient-centered care. This webinar will discuss the deficits in the current state of the perioperative record and plan of care and address the need for a standardized perioperative framework.

Investment Information:
Member - FREE
Non-Member - FREE

This activity is worth 1 CE upon completion of webinar evaluation.

To register please contact AORN Customer Service at 800-755-2676, Ext.1.
Government Affairs

Advocacy 101: Tips, Tools, and Terminology
This webinar provides an overview of grassroots advocacy and tools to be used in advancing AORN's Legislative Priorities

Speakers: Sarah Breckenridge and Josephine Colacci

Cost: Free

Register now for this previously recorded webinar.

Legislative Mumbo Jumbo: Tips For Making Sense of it All
This webinar will provide a basic understanding of how to locate, dissect, and read a bill in order to determine the potential impact it will have on perioperative nursing practice. It will provide tools to locate bills, break them down into key sections, and apply them to AORN's Legislative Priorities

Speakers: Claire Karas and Josephine Colacci

Cost: Free

Register now for this previously recorded webinar.
Accreditation Statement

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

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

Check with your state board of nursing for acceptability of education content for relicensure.
AORN recognizes these activities as continuing education for registered nurses. This recognition does not imply that AORN or the American Nurses Credentialing Center approves or endorses products mentioned in the activity.
AORN reserves the right to substitute equally qualified presenters in case of an emergency and to cancel or substitute sessions.