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June 2020 Issue
This June issue features articles on implementing recommendations from the AORN “Guideline for prevention of hypothermia,” integrating virtual human technology into perioperative simulations, understanding perioperative communication patterns, developing a summer perioperative nursing practicum for baccalaureate students, strategies to reduce specimen errors, and more!
Journal CE Article Titles
- Guidelines in Practice: Hypothermia Prevention
- Safety First: A Multidisciplinary Approach for Reducing Lost Surgical Specimens
- Clinical Issues—June 2020
Featured Content
- Using Virtual Human Technology in Perioperative Team Training Simulations
- A Network Analysis of Perioperative Communication Patterns
- Developing a Summer Perioperative Nursing Practicum for Baccalaureate Students
The July 2020 issue
The July 2020 issue has a special focus on sterile processing and features articles on instrument manufacturing, collaboration between central sterile processing and hospital epidemiology and infection control, relocating sterile processing off-site, safe patient handling and movement, and more!
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