TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - Guidelines in practice: a safe environment of care
JO  - AORN journal
A1  - Kneisley, Melissa
SP  - 340
EP  - 347
VL  - 119
IS  - 5
N2  - Creating a safe environment for performing surgical procedures is essential to achieve successful patient outcomes and protect the perioperative personnel who are providing care. Numerous factors challenge the provision of a safe environment of care and create a complex setting for perioperative nurses to manage. The updated AORN "Guideline for a safe environment of care" provides perioperative nurses with recommendations for establishing a safe environment for both patients and personnel. This article provides an overview of the guideline and discusses recommendations for implementing fire safety protocols, using warming cabinets, and creating a latex-safe environment. It also includes a scenario describing the care of a patient with an unidentified latex allergy who is undergoing a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and hiatal hernia repair. Perioperative nurses should review the guideline in its entirety and implement recommendations as applicable in operative and other procedural settings.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0001-2092
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aorn.14125
ID  - ref1
ER  -