AORN Journal
by Lindsay Fischer
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Back to Basics 2.0: Transmission-Based Precautions
Back to Basics 2.0: Transmission-Based Precautions
About this podcast
The AORN Journal podcast highlights key articles and briefings from the most recent journal issue and the latest in perioperative nursing.
Episodes
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- Back to Basics 2.0: Transmission-Based Precautions · 28 minBack to Basics 2.0: Transmission-Based Precautions (Volume 124, Issue 5)
- Evaluating Environmental Sustainability of AI-Enabled Technology · 6 minClinical Issues: Evaluating Environmental Sustainability of AI-Enabled Technology (Volume 124, Issue 5)
- Using Smart Glasses in the Perioperative Setting · 7 minClinical Issues: Using Smart Glasses in the Perioperative Setting (Volume 124, Issue 5)
- Preparing for Facility Relocation · 5 minClinical Issues: Preparing for Facility Relocation (Volume 124, Issue 5)
- Understanding the Difference Between Confidence and Competence · 4 minClinical Issues: Understanding the Difference Between Confidence and Competences (Volume 124, Issue 5)
- Safety First: Preventing Surgical Illumination Thermal Injury · 17 minSafety First: Preventing Surgical Illumination Thermal Injury (Volume 124, Issue 4)
- Communicating With a Family Member Who is a Nurse · 5 minClinical Issues: Communicating With a Family Member Who is a Nurse (Volume 124, Issue 4)
- Preventing Heel Pressure Injury During Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Procedures · 4 minClinical Issues: Preventing Heel Pressure Injury During Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Procedures (Volume 124, Issue 4)
- Cleaning and Disinfecting Tourniquet Cuffs · 4 minClinical Issues: Cleaning and Disinfecting Tourniquet Cuffs (Volume 124, Issue 4)
- Nickel Allergy Considerations · 6 minClinical Issues: Nickel Allergy Considerations (Volume 124, Issue 4)
- Guideline First Look: Surgical Specimen Management · 10 minGuideline First Look: Surgical Specimen Management
- Back to Basics 2.0: Surgical Counts · 20 minBack to Basics 2.0: Surgical Counts (Volume 124, Issue 3)
- Nonsterile Examination Gloves Tearing During Use · 5 minClinical Issues: Nonsterile Examination Gloves Tearing During Use (Volume 124, Issue 3)
- Point-of-Use Treatment of Instruments · 5 minClinical Issues: Point-of-Use Treatment of Instruments (Volume 124, Issue 3)
- Auditing the Time-Out Process · 5 minClinical Issues: Auditing the Time-Out Process (Volume 124, Issue 3)
- Safety First: Preventing Improperly Reprocessed Instruments · 21 minSafety First: Preventing Improperly Reprocessed Instruments (Volume 124, Issue 2)
- Recently Hired Personnel Working the Night Shift · 3 minClinical Issues: Recently Hired Personnel Working the Night Shift (Volume 124, Issue 2)
- Advocating for Perioperative Nurse Involvement in Professional Nursing Associations · 4 minClinical Issues: Advocating for Perioperative Nurse Involvement in Professional Nursing Associations (Volume 124, Issue 2)
- Professional Liability Risk for RNs and APRNs · 7 minClinical Issues: Professional Liability Risk for RNs and APRNs (Volume 124, Issue 2)
- Delegating to LPNs and LVNs in the OR · 4 minClinical Issues: Delegating to LPNs and LVNs in the OR (Volume 124, Issue 2)
- Guidelines in Practice: Local-Only Anesthesia · 31 minGuidelines in Practice: Local-Only Anesthesia (Volume 124, Issue 1)
- Back to Basics 2.0: Air Quality as a Cornerstone of Sterile Technique · 20 minBack to Basics 2.0: Air Quality as a Cornerstone of Sterile Technique (Volume 124, Issue 1)
- Time to Contamination of Covered Sterile Tables · 5 minClinical Issues: Time to Contamination of Covered Sterile Tables (Volume 124, Issue 1)
- Table Covering Materials and Methods · 5 minClinical Issues: Table Covering Materials and Methods (Volume 124, Issue 1)
- Time to Contamination of Uncovered Instruments · 3 minClinical Issues: Time to Contamination of Uncovered Instruments (Volume 124, Issue 1)
- Optimal Conditions for Preparing Sterile Tables · 2 minClinical Issues: Optimal Conditions for Preparing Sterile Tables (Volume 124, Issue 1)
- Guidelines in Practice: Safe Use of Surgical Energy Devices · 23 minGuidelines in Practice: Safe Use of Surgical Energy Devices (Volume 123, Issue 6)
- Safety First: Mitigating Air Quality Issues During Specimen Handling · 14 minSafety First: Mitigating Air Quality Issues During Specimen Handling (Volume 123, Issue 6)
- Guideline First Look: Guideline for Integration of Artificial Intelligence · 11 minGuideline First Look: Guideline for Integration of Artificial Intelligence (Volume 123, Issue 6)
- Managing Counted Items That are Dropped · 3 minClinical Issues: Managing Counted Items That are Dropped (Volume 123, Issue 6)
- Patient Temperature Monitoring · 5 minClinical Issues: Patient Temperature Monitoring (Volume 123, Issue 6)
- Fire Safety Education and Simulation · 8 minClinical Issues: Fire Safety Education and Simulation (Volume 123, Issue 6)
- Guidelines in Practice: Care and Cleaning of Surgical Instruments · 26 minGuidelines in Practice: Care and Cleaning of Surgical Instruments (Volume 123, Issue 5)
- Back to Basics 2.0: Medication Safety · 22 minBack to Basics 2.0: Medication Safety (Volume 123, Issue 5)
- Guideline First Look: Guideline for Environmental Hygiene · 10 minGuideline First Look: Guideline for Environmental Hygiene (Volume 123, Issue 5)
- Ethics of Using Artificial Intelligence · 3 minClinical Issues: Ethics of Using Artificial Intelligence (Volume 123, Issue 5)
- Applications for Artificial Intelligence–Enabled Technology · 7 minClinical Issues: Applications for Artificial Intelligence–Enabled Technology (Volume 123, Issue 5)
- Transitioning to the Novice Perioperative Nurse Educator Role · 7 minClinical Issues: Transitioning to the Novice Perioperative Nurse Educator Role (Volume 123, Issue 5)
- Preventing Retained Surgical Items During Procedures With Multiple Sterile Fields · 5 minClinical Issues: Preventing Retained Surgical Items During Procedures With Multiple Sterile Fields (Volume 123, Issue 5)
- Caring for Patients With Electronic Implanted Devices · 18 minSafety First: Caring for Patients With Electronic Implanted Devices (Volume 123, Issue 4)
- Self-disinfecting surface technologies · 9 minClinical Issues: Self-disinfecting surface technologies (Volume 123, Issue 4)
- Automated disinfectant dispenser verification · 4 minClinical Issues: Automated disinfectant dispenser verification (Volume 123, Issue 4)
- Wearing masks during joint space injections · 4 minClinical Issues: Wearing masks during joint space injections (Volume 123, Issue 4)
- Prefilled skin antiseptic preparation application times · 4 minClinical Issues: Prefilled skin antiseptic preparation application times (Volume 123, Issue 4)
- Allergic reactions to local anesthetics · 4 minClinical Issues: Allergic reactions to local anesthetics (Volume 123, Issue 3)
- Methemoglobinemia after local anesthetic administration · 6 minClinical Issues: Methemoglobinemia after local anesthetic administration (Volume 123, Issue 3)
- Phentolamine administration for vasoconstrictor-induced ischemia · 5 minClinical Issues: Phentolamine administration for vasoconstrictor-induced ischemia (Volume 123, Issue 3)
- Advocating for buffered lidocaine local anesthetic · 5 minClinical Issues: Advocating for buffered lidocaine local anesthetic (Volume 123, Issue 3)







