Position Statements AORN position statements articulate the Association's official position or belief about certain perioperative nursing-related topics. Allied Health Care Providers and Support Personnel in the Perioperative Practice Setting Care of the Older Adult in Perioperative Settings Creating a Practice Environment of Safety Criminalization of Human Errors in the Perioperative Setting Entry into Practice Environmental Responsibility Ergonomically Healthy Workplace Practices Healthy Perioperative Work Environment Immediate Use Steam Sterilization Noise in the Perioperative Practice Setting One Perioperative Registered Nurse Circulator Dedicated to Every Patient Undergoing A Surgical or Other Invasive Procedure Operating Room Staffing Skill Mix for Direct Caregivers Orientation of the Registered Nurse and Certified Surgical Technologist to the Perioperative Setting Patient Safety Patients and Health Care Workers with Bloodborne Diseases Perioperative Advanced Practice Nurse Perioperative Care of Patients with Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) Orders Preventing Wrong-Patient, Wrong-Site, Wrong-Procedure Events Responsibility for Mentoring RN First Assistants Role of the Health Care Industry Representative in the Perioperative/Invasive Procedure Setting Safe Work On-Call Practices Surgical Smoke and Bio-Aerosols Value of Clinical Learning Activities in the Perioperative Setting in Undergraduate Nursing Curricula Workplace Safety