August 25, 2021
Illinois to Go Surgical Smoke-Free in 2022
In a notable feat of grassroots advocacy, Illinois is now the fifth state to go surgical smoke-free...
August 9, 2021
Expo Daily News OSHA Petition
AORN and our members have been advocating for years to make their ORs surgical smoke-free and to pass surgical smoke evacuation policies in their states...
July 22, 2021
AORN and Nursing Community Advocate for Federal Funding and Initiatives
Summer is a busy time for Congressional appropriations work, and AORN continues to lend its voice to the Nursing Community Coalition’s (NCC) advocacy efforts to ensure funding for key nursing funding priorities. The new federal fiscal year, FY 2022, begins October 1, 2021...
June 23, 2021
Oregon Becomes Fourth State to Go Surgical Smoke-Free
After three years of legislative advocacy, Oregon surgical staff and patients can look forward to surgical smoke-free operating rooms across the state. Rep. Sheri Schouten’s HB 2622 was signed into law on June 23, 2021 by Governor Kate Brown...
April 28, 2021
Surgical Smoke Evacuation Legislation Advances Across the Country
Surgical smoke evacuation legislation continues to make its way through state legislatures across the country...
March 24, 2021
Kentucky Secures Third Place in States’ Race to Go Smoke Free
Kentucky will go surgical smoke-free in operating rooms across the state on January 1, 2022 following nearly three years of advocacy efforts that overcame some major hurdles, including the pandemic that cut the 2020 Kentucky legislative session short...
February 24, 2021
AORN Government Affairs Policy Agenda Updated
Ever wonder how AORN’s government affairs decides which bills to advocate for and ones to raise the alarm over?...
February 10, 2021
Kentucky Smoke Bill Advances Unanimously
On Wednesday, February 3, Kentucky SB 38 passed the Kentucky Senate unanimously! The bill would require licensed health care facilities in Kentucky to use smoke evacuation equipment during procedures likely to generate surgical smoke...
January 27, 2021
Year-End Federal Appropriations Provide for Nursing Programs
In late December, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 to provide funding for the remainder of FY 2021. The Act includes funding for programs important to AORN and the rest of the nursing community...
August 11, 2021
Expo Daily News OSHA Petition - Health Policy News - AORN
AORN and our members have been advocating for years to make their ORs surgical smoke-free and to pass surgical smoke evacuation policies in their states....