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AORN is committed to providing practical resources that promote patient safety, including the development of useful tool kits that address critical issues impacting perioperative nurses. These tool kits offer a wealth of resources that support awareness and education initiatives, as well as provide OR managers with sample policies and procedures that can be adapted to specific needs.
AORN's tool kits may include:
- AORN's official Guidance and Position Statements
- Contact hours (with completion of the appropriate forms)
- Awareness materials such as posters, reference cards, or fliers
- Power Point or video training presentations
- Testimonials, case studies, and scenarios
- Sample policies, procedures, and forms
- References for additional resources
The following tool kits can be accessed at no cost by AORN members:
- NEW! Correct Site Surgery - This tool kit includes resources to assist health care providers in implementing the 2009 Joint Commission Universal Protocol.
- The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist, developed as part of the Safe Surgery Saves Lives initiative, is a tool designed to support the performance of recognized safety-promoting practices during surgical procedures and to enhance communication and situational awareness among operating room personnel. It may be modified to meet your health care organization's needs and the requirements of various accrediting agencies. The manual provides general advice on implementing the checklist and item-by-item instructions on its use.
- Fire Safety* - This tool kit is a comprehensive resource for raising awareness of surgical fires and for planning fire prevention and response strategies.
- Safe Medication Administration* - This tool kit provides resources that enhance perioperative medication competencies, expand awareness on safe medication administration, and address issues related to perioperative medication practices.
- Just Culture - provides education and resources to help you implement a just culture that fosters reporting and analysis of medical errors, leading to patient safety.
- Patient 'Hand-Off' - This tool kit provides the resources to guide perioperative professionals in standardizing hand-off communications among caregivers.
- Human Factors in Health Care - This evidence-based tool kit assists with the development and implemenataion of a human factors program in the perioperative environment and serves as a resource to help with research, planning, design, and execution of a team-training program.
- Organizational Leadership - This tool kit centralizes both existing and new information and resources that will assist members in pursuing volunteer opportunities within AORN.
- Surgical Smoke Evacuation Tool Kit - This tool kit educates perioperative nurses regarding the hazards of surgical smoke that negatively impact the health of the surgical team and assists them in their efforts to implement smoke evacuation practices in their individual health care organizations.
*Non-members may purchase select AORN tool kits through the AORN Perioperative Bookstore while supplies last.