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Dental Surgery Standards for Perioperative Nurses
Author(s) -
Sanders Ruby Annette,
Daniel Irvene Q.,
Fuhrmann Pamela Bridget
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)63654-5
Subject(s) - perioperative nursing , dental surgery , perioperative , operating room nursing , medicine , dentistry , surgery , nursing
Practice standards for dental surgery are necessary to maintain quality care for dental patients. Specific standards or recommended practices for dental surgery have not been addressed by AORN, and none are available from the American Dental Association or the Georgia Dental Association. We incorporated the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations had to be incorporated into existing perioperative standards to institute dental surgery standards for our facility. The standards for dental surgery at the Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, evolved with the leadership of perioperative nurses. AORN J 62 (Aug 1995) 227–233.