Outpatient Surgery Magazine

Tips for improving the cleanliness of the surgical environment. Kathleen Pressimone, RN, CNOR, and Jeanne Sedgwick, RN, MSN, CNOR Baltimore, Md. IMMACULATE PERCEPTION Are the surfaces in your ORs as clean as you think they are? Pamela Bevelhymer, RN, BSN 1405_InfectionControl_Layout 1 5/2/14 11:06 AM Page 22

• Manager's Guide to Infection Control - May 2014 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine
• Table of Contents: Features
• A Preview of AORN's New Skin Prepping Guidelines
• Immediate-Use Sterilization
• Are Your Surfaces as Clean as You Think They Are?
• The Evolution of Barrier Protection
• Does Your High-Level Disinfection Hack It?
• The Highlights of Low-Temperature Sterilization
• Hypothermia's Direct Link to SSIs
• The Details of Decontamination
• Your Options in Whole Room Disinfection