AORN Education and Upcoming Events

At this webinar, you will discover how standardized workflows in robotic surgery can boost efficiency, reduce variability, and set your entire surgical team up for long-term success.

Review updates to the guideline, including significant changes to fire safety tools and guidance for programs supporting latex safety, chemical safety, and waste management, and prevention of occupational slips, trips, and falls.

Acquire essential knowledge on environmental cleaning in the surgical setting to help minimize exposure to infectious organisms.

Based on AORN’s Guidelines for Perioperative Practice - Environmental Cleaning: Guideline Update 2020.

Learn about appropriate environmental controls for the operating room, risks of deviations from these parameters, and actions to take in response to temperature and humidity outside of normal range.

Take the first step to recognize, address, and eradicate the prevalent, disruptive behaviors that could be undermining your workforce culture. Designed for frontline healthcare leaders, this self-study is designed to help you cultivate a professional, supportive and respectful workforce culture.

Based on AORN’s Guidelines for Perioperative Practice - Evidence for Documenting Patient Care: Guideline Update 2017.

Based on AORN’s Guidelines for Perioperative Practice - Flexible Endoscopes: Guideline Update 2023.

This endoscopy training course for nurses teaches how to care for patients undergoing upper and lower GI procedures.

Train those new to sterile processing concepts and the department by using standardized education in processing of OR instruments and devices.

Perioperative and procedural teams who use lasers are invited to join AORN for a half-day, virtual live training to understand and implement evidence-based laser safety processes. This course meets annual training requirements and provides guidance to keep yourself and your patients safe.

Based on AORN’s Guidelines for Perioperative Practice - Guideline for Hand Hygiene: Guideline Update 2022.

This evidence-based guideline provides recommendations for the safe use of medical lasers across perioperative and other procedural settings.

Based on AORN’s Guidelines for Perioperative Practice - Guideline for Medical Device and Product Evaluation: Guideline update 2022.