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2020
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BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN INFECTION PREVENTION/EPIDEMIOLOGY,
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OPERATING ROOM IMPERATIVES SPECIAL EDITION
Cover Story Features
8 The Benefits of Optimizing Between-Case
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Cleaning in the Operating Room

Cleaning Turnover Times: Efficiencies Must
be Balanced With Effectivenes

By Kelly M. Pyrek
Environmental Cleaning in the OR: A Q&A with
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AORN Perioperative Practice Specialist
Columns
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Editor’s Letter

Nooks and Crannies Causing Havoc with Surfaces
and Equipment in the OR
By Kelly M. Pyrek
By Linda Homan, RN, BSN, CIC
Karen deKay, MSN, RN, CNOR, CIC
A ORN 2020 Guidelines for Perioperative Practice:
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Updates and Imperatives
Perspectives Surgical Stewardship: A New Frontier in
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Preventing Surgical Site Infections
By Karen deKay, MSN RN CNOR CIC
It Takes a Team to Protect Patients from
RSI Infections

By Peter B. Graves, BSN, RN, CNOR, and Maureen Spencer,
MEd, BSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC
on the cover
Hygiene in the
operating room.
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Burger/Phanie/
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