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“Individuals need to scan only a few nursing magazines to discover that accidents and injuries within healthcare settings happen in the operating room (OR) more than any other location. The OR is a unique work environment and requires higher levels of teamwork and communication. The nature of the environment creates specific issues that may be under control in other units in the hospital,” begins a piece in EducationCareerArticles.com.

“Perioperative team members should implement measures to prevent patients from sliding on the OR bed (in Steep Trendelenberg),” the revised AORN Guidelines stress, specifically mentioning viscoelastic gel overlays (Page E31, X.f.1).

“Adequate patient positioning must avoid skin, peripheral nerve, and muscles injuries, and ocular and cognitive complications mainly related to Steep Trendelenburg positioning in pelvic procedures,” sciencedirect.com cautions. 

The AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo was held on March 24-28, 2018, in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Action Products, Inc. participated in the Exhibition Hall. Our entire team enjoyed visiting and sharing with the Perioperative Nurses in attendance. It is always heartwarming to see our friends each year and to share ideas and learn how our products are used to protect against pressure injuries.  We welcomed the nursing students as they presented questions and shared their thoughts while visiting our booth. 

Why all the fuss about viscoelasticity? What, really, is that property of materials used in the prevention of pressure injury in the OR? 

AORN, ever “on the grow”, has joined forces with Outpatient Surgery Magazine, reinforcing the world’s largest professional association’s for perioperative nurses’ commitment to ambulatory surgery safe practices. Effective March 31, the newly combined organization will be positioned to “embrace action”, making a “positive difference to surgical team members in every specialty and OR setting.”