Periop Talk

Periop Talk: Preventing Needlesticks and Sharps Injuries

April 05, 2021 Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
Periop Talk
Periop Talk: Preventing Needlesticks and Sharps Injuries
Show Notes

To increase nurses’ awareness of what they can to reduce sharps injuries, AORN’s CEO and Executive Director, Linda Groah talks with Mary Ogg and Deb Spratt who contributed to the 2020 Consensus Statement and Call to Action. Ogg is the author of  AORN’s Guideline for Sharps Safety and while she recently retired, she remains a national expert on safe practices in operating rooms. Spratt is a long-time member of AORN and past president of the association. She is Executive Director of Perioperative Services at the University of Rochester’s St. James Hospital.
Moving_The_Sharps_Safety_In_Healthcare_Agenda_Forward_In_The_US.pdf (internationalsafetycenter.org)

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