AORN Journal
Volume 91, Issue 3 , Pages 399-406 , March 2010

Clinical Issues—March 2010

  • Bonnie Denholm, RN, BSN, MS, CNOR (Perioperative Nursing Specialist)
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  • Mary Ogg, RN, MSN, CNOR (Perioperative Nursing Specialist)
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  • Mary Ogg, RN, MSN, CNOR (Perioperative Nursing Specialist)

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    AORN and the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation recommend performing the complete sterilization process for sterilizing all surgical instruments in all practice settings. Recom

    AORN and the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation recommend performing the complete sterilization process for sterilizing all surgical instruments in all practice settings. Recommended practices are applicable to all practice settings where surgical and other invasive procedures are performed.

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    Acute hepatitis C virus infections attributed to unsafe injection practices at an endoscopy clinic—Nevada, 2007.

    Acute hepatitis C virus infections attributed to unsafe injection practices at an endoscopy clinic—Nevada, 2007.

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 The authors of this column have no declared affiliations that could be perceived as potential conflicts of interest in publishing this article.

PII: S0001-2092(09)00973-9

doi: 10.1016/j.aorn.2009.12.009

AORN Journal
Volume 91, Issue 3 , Pages 399-406 , March 2010