Clinical Issues: Immediate‐use steam sterilization for dropped instruments

Key words: immediate‐use steam sterilization (IUSS), dropped instrument, decontamination.

Vol. 110, Iss. 1

[https://aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aorn.12739]

Clinical Issues: Using tape to hold retention plates in rigid sterilization containers

Key words: rigid container, sterilization container, inspection and maintenance, retention plate

Vol. 110, Iss. 1

[https://aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aorn.12739]

Clinical Issues: Identifying holes in sterilization wrap

Vol. 110, Iss. 1

Key words: sterilization, sterilization wrap, wrap defects, tears, holes.

[https://aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aorn.12739]

Clinical Issue: Sterilization wrap size selection

Vol. 110, Iss. 1

Key words: sterilization, sterilization wrap, packaging system, wrapping methods.

[https://aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aorn.12739]

Clinical Issues: Chemical sterilant exposure risk

Key words: chemical sterilant, chemical safety, exposure risk, workplace hazard.

Vol. 110, Iss. 1

[https://aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aorn.12739]

This article provides a first look at the updated AORN “Guideline for prevention of hypothermia."

[https://aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aorn.12761]

This Continuing Education article aims to "provide the learner with knowledge of best practices related to social determinants of health."

[https://aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aorn.12722]

"This article provides perioperative nurses with a basic understanding of IONM, including the framework, purpose, associated terminology, and nursing implications."

[https://aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aorn.12726]

In this episode, Editor-in-Chief Laurie Saletnik provides an overview of the July 2019 issue of AORN Journal (Vol. 110, Iss. 1).

[https://aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/18780369/2019/110/1]

In this episode, Laurie Saletnik, Editor-in-Chief of AORN Journal, provides an overview of key articles and highlights of the June 2019 issue of AORN Journal (Volume 109, Issue 6).

[https://aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/18780369/2019/109/6]