Recommended practices for safe care through identification of potential hazards in the surgical environment

AORN Journal,  March, 2003  

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(25.) Gullo, "Safe handling of antineoplastic drugs: Translating the recommendations into practice," 596-598.

(26.) Occupational Safety and Health Administration, "Electrical standards for construction: Final rule," Federal Register 51 (July 11, 1986) 25331.

(27.) D Fecteau, "Patient and environmental safety," in Alexander Care of the Patient in Surgery, 11th ed, M H Meeker, J C Rothrock, eds (St Louis: Mosby, Inc, 1994) 24.

(28.) Ibid, 25; G B Buczko, W P S McKay, "Electrical safety in the operating room," Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 34 (May 1987) 315-322.

(29.) Fecteau, "Patient and environmental safety," 22.

(30.) A J Mangram et al, "Guideline for prevention of surgical site infection," American Journal of Infection Control 27 (April 1999) 97-132; American Institute of Architects Academy of Architecture for Health, 1996-1997 Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospitals and Health Care Facilities (Washington, DC: The American Institute of Architects Press, 1996) 57-60.

(31.) "Aerosol safety in the OR: Help staff breathe easier," Materials Management in Health Care 4 (August 1995) 32-34; Fecteau, "Patient and environmental safety," 23, 26-28; B C Ulmer, "Air quality in the operating room," Surgical Services Management 3 (March 1997) 18-21.

(32.) Kneedler, Dodge, Perioperative Patient Care: The Nursing Perspective, third ed, 130.

(33.) N Fortunato, Berry & Kohn Operating Room Technique, ninth ed (St Louis: Mosby, 2000) 156; R Brown, "There is a science to the elimination of darkness," Journal of Operating Research 2 (August 1982) 11, 21-23, 38-41.

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