AORN Center of Excellence in Surgical Safety: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)

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Comprehensive Education & Recognition Program

This free, evidence-based program is based on the 2025 Guidelines for Perioperative Practice. By completing it, your facility can earn public recognition as an AORN Center of Excellence in Surgical Safety and showcase its commitment to the highest standards of patient safety.

What is Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)?

ERAS uses evidence-based protocols to improve patients’ physical and psychological conditions before, during, and after surgery. It involves the entire perioperative team in a coordinated plan tailored to each patient to enhance outcomes and speed up recovery.

The Impact of Implementing an ERAS Program

High-quality evidence supports that an ERAS program benefits the patient.1

Successful program implementation depends on process measures that are tied to patient outcomes and specific patient groups, such as older adult patients, pediatric patients, and patients in marginalized populations. For example, care plan elements may include steps in preop to prevent surgical site infection; planning for minimally invasive surgery techniques and measures to maintain normothermia during surgery; and customized postoperative pain management.

ERAS Learning Components
  • Who should be involved
  • Stages of ERAS planning
  • Optimized pain management strategies
  • Interventions to implement in every phase of care
  • Standardized postoperative care pathways
  • Improve patient recovery time and patient satisfaction
  • Decrease costs due to shorter length of hospital stay and lower readmission rates
  • Gain community and national recognition as a Center of Excellence in Surgical Safety
  • Foster a collaborative work environment
  • Reduce team workload
  • Program registration
  • Learning modules
  • Auditing tool
  • Program completion / award materials submission

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This evidence-based program is made possible by our sponsors through the AORN Foundation.

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