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COVID-19 (Coronavirus) AORN Tool Kit
Last Updated: February 1, 2023
AORN continues to monitor the coronavirus status and has provided the tool kit below with regularly updated links to important resources to support decision-making in your perioperative practice. For AORN clinical guidance, please go to our COVID-19 Support page.
As the COVID-19 surge wanes in different parts of the country, patients’ pent-up demand to resume elective surgeries will be immense. To ensure patients can have elective surgeries as soon as safely possible, a roadmap to guide readiness, prioritization and scheduling has been developed by Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), American College of Surgeons (ACS), American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), and American Hospital Association (AHA).
Nursing Skills
- EKG: basic skills
- Know Your ABGs – Arterial Blood Gases Explained
- Prone Ventilation for Adult patients w/Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Ventilator Training
- COVID-19 Pulmonary, ARDS and Ventilator Resources
Supply Shortage Resources
- Strategies for Sharps Disposal Container Use During Supply Shortages For Managers and Purchase Agents
- Vetted Non-Traditional Suppliers
- PPE Supply Equivalents
- Project N95 connects providers with critical equipment
Other Resources
- COVID Data Tracker
- CDC's Infection Control Training
- ACS
- Elsevier
- FDA COVID-19 and Medical Devices
- Free COVID-19 Resources from The Joint Commission
- AAMI COVID-19 Resources
Medical Journal Updates
Self-Care Strategies
Infection Prevention and Control
General Guidance
- CPR in patients diagnosed with COVID
- Infection Control Guidance for Healthcare Professionals
- Managing HCP with SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Exposure
- Quarantine and Isolation
- CDC Obstetric Guidance
- CDC Questions and Answers about COVID-19
Environmental Cleaning
- ECRI Disinfectant Concentrations for EPA List N
- Aerosol Generating Procedures
- Disinfectants - EPA
- Airborne Contaminant Removal - CDC
Perioperative Guidance
- Asymptomatic screening for severe acute respiratory virus
- ASA and APSF Updated Statement on Perioperative Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in the Asymptomatic Patient
- APSF Anesthesia Resource Center
- Increased diabetes risk among persons aged <18 years following COVID-19
- SARS-CoV-2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery
- ASA and APSF Joint Statement on elective Surgery and Anesthesia for Patients after COVID-19 Infection
- FAQs on Testing for SARS-CoV-2
- COVID-19 Tests
Vaccines
- Understanding How COVID-19 Vaccines Work
- Frequently Asked Questions about COVID-19 Vaccination
- CDC: Interim COVID-19 Immunization Schedule for Persons 6 Months of Age and Older
- ANA Guiding Principles for Nurses and the COVID-19 Vaccines
PPE Selection and Use
Donning/Doffing
- Simulation to Improve Infection Prevention and Patient Safety (SIPPS) Dissemination
- Nebraska Medicine
- PPE Sequence - CDC
Respirators/N95/Masks
- Risk of Protection Failure with Certain O&M Halyard Surgical N95 Respirators, Surgical Masks, and Pediatric Face Masks: FDA Safety Communication (9/8/23)
- Updated NIOSH Certified Equipment List: This NIOSH tool can be used to find NIOSH Approved Respirators (9/15/23)
- Surgical N95 Respirators
- CDC: Elastomeric Half Mask Respirator Strategies
- NIOSH: Respirator Exhalation Valve Research
- Selecting Respirators for Your Healthcare Facility
