This Back to Basics article from March 2017 "covers the basic steps and considerations for cleaning and processing instruments before sterilization."

[https://aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1016/j.aorn.2017.01.001]

This featured article describes "an innovative 120‐hour perioperative nursing summer internship for eight undergraduate nursing students in 2016."

[https://aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aorn.12003]

This podcast from the Editor-in-Chief, Laurie Saletnik, highlights key articles and takeaways in the January 2018 issue of AORN Journal.

[https://aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/18780369/2018/107/1]

This continuing education article "provides the learner with knowledge of best practices related to use of the Universal Protocol."

This featured article explores how perioperative leaders at one facility "developed a human resources time and motion study tool and used it in conjunction with the NASA Task Load Index to observe and analyze the required workload of personnel assigned to 25 robotic surgery procedures."

[https://aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1016/j.aorn.2017.08.004]

In this episode, Editor-in-Chief Joy Don Baker discusses highlights of the September 2017 issue of AORN.

[https://aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/18780369/2017/106/3]

Positioning the Patient

"This article addresses the safety risks to patients when using pneumatic tourniquets and optimal safe use of these devices."

[https://aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1016/j.aorn.2017.07.003]

"This literature review analyzes the evidence used to support the recommendation that perioperative personnel should cover their heads, hair, and ears in the semirestricted and restricted areas."

[https://aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1016/j.aorn.2017.08.001]

Editor-in-Chief Joy Don Baker discusses highlights of the October 2016 issue of AORN journal, which has a special focus on technology.

[https://aornjournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/18780369/2016/104/4]