Pressure to rush, limited awareness of positioning injury risks, and gaps in equipment are common reasons these injuries occur. And these injuries, like long-term nerve damage and pressure sores, are more common than you might think.

When it comes to environmental hygiene in the OR, role confusion remains a persistent challenge. And it often stems from teams not knowing who is responsible for cleaning what.

Turnover pressure can lead to missed cleaning steps that increase infection risk. Focus on team accountability, proper disinfectant use, and sequencing to strengthen environmental hygiene between cases.

See how one perioperative leader learned a valuable lesson in OR nurse retention strategies by implementing standardized onboarding education, and how she calculated Periop 101: A Core Curriculum return on investment to gain approval from decision makers in her facility.