AORN Journal

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Articles in Sept 2007 issue of AORN Journal

• The importance of error reporting
  by Connie Dyer
• Patient safety in nursing practice
  by Marybeth Farquhar
• 20 years ago in the AORN Journal
• Correction
• Using peel packages inside containers or wrapped instrument trays
  by Mary Ogg
• 10 years ago in the AORN Journal
• 2008 slate of candidates.
• Using a treatment room as a class B or class C OR
  by Mary Ogg
• Scan identifies abdominal fat that may lead to disease
• AORN Patient Hand-Off Toot Kit now available
• Best practices in OR suite layout and equipment choices to reduce slips, trips, and falls
  by George Brogmus
• Distractions and interruptions in the OR: evidence for practice: perioperative clinicians must seek effective strategies that will reduce interruptions and distractions and thus make clinical care safer in the OR
  by Suzanne C. Beyea
• Concerns about lead exposure
  by Jerry Dyer
• Prolonged standing in the OR: a Dutch research study
  by Paul Meijsen
• Needle-stick injuries among surgical residents
  by George Allen
• Perioperative management of multidrug-resistant organisms in health care settings
  by Patti G. Grota
• Opportunities for shaping the future.
  by Mary Jo W. Steiert
• Breast cancer guidelines now available in Spanish
• Disinfection of equipment used for prostate biopsy
  by George Allen
• Assessing and addressing low health literacy among surgical outpatients
  by Cindy L. Monachos
• Science fiction comes to the OR
  by Nancy J. Girard
• Designing an OR tour for perioperative nurse week
  by Fay Christina Johnson
• Reducing bleeding and pain during epidural catheter insertion
  by George Allen
• Counseling: establishing a culture of forgiveness
  by George F. Nussbaum
• Gene profiling identifies breast cancer subtypes
• Tree bark derivative may help treat lung cancer
• Exercise alone may improve diabetics' blood glucose levels
• Term misused
  by Ed Greenspan
• Electronic medical records systems may reduce costs
• The Stem Cell Divide
  by Helen Beckwith