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By: OSD Staff
Published: 5/22/2020
Medical device representatives who've been sidelined during the coronavirus pandemic are ready to reenter ORs and collaborate with surgical teams. The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) and the American Hospital Association (AHA) this week released clinically based recommendations to make sure reps return safely and responsibly.
The new guidelines in brief:
"Nurses and medical device representatives are partners in providing safe patient care and, due to COVID-19, their communications have been interrupted," says AORN CEO/Executive Director Linda Groah, MSN, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, FAAN. "We believe this guidance will reactivate these important relationships in a manner that is safe for patients as well as healthcare workers and device representatives."
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