Full Schedule

Presentation

8801-26 - Is it Really Clean?: ATP Contamination Monitoring

Location: Booth 219

Speaker: – Ruhof

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8804-26 - Improving Robotic OR Efficiency: Best Practices for Workflow and Standardization

Location: Booth 1509

Speaker: – Intuitive

Speaker: – Intuitive Surgical

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8805-26 - Clear the Air®: The Time is Now

Location: Booth 519

Speaker: – Perioperative Consultant LLC

Speaker: – Sanara Medtech

Speaker: – Self Employed

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8806-26 - What You Can't See May be Putting You at Risk. Latest Evidence in Surgical Gloving Safety Practices

Location: Booth 619

Speaker: – Molnlycke Health Care

Speaker: – Mölnlycke Health Care

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8807-26 - The Future of Spine Care: Introducing Ultra-Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Spine Surgery

Location: Booth 1001

Speaker: – Arthrex, Inc.

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8808-26 - Total Protection, OR Prevention

Location: Booth 619

Speaker: – Mölnlycke Healthcare

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8811-26 - Reimagining Perioperative and Anesthesia Staffing: Data-Driven Strategies to Match Workforce Supply with Surgical Demand

Location: Booth 1343

Speaker: – LeanTaaS

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8815-26 - Safe Surgery Starts Here: Empowering Nurses for Better Outcomes

Location: Booth 801

Speaker: – Grand Canyon Chapter of AORN, 0310, Barrow Neurological Institute of St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8816-26 - A Systematic Approach to Perioperative Success: Driving Sustainable Growth Across the OR and Reprocessing Environments

Location: Booth 501

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8819-26 - Wound Closure: How Perioperative Nurses Can Help Improve Patient Outcomes

Location: Booth 801

Speaker: – Western Kentucky Orthopaedic and Neurosurgical Associates

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8820-26 - From Risk to Readiness: Preventing RSI & Maternal Harm

Location: Booth 100

Speaker: – Cleveland Clinic

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8821-26 - Advancing OR Safety: Tackling Surgical Smoke

Location: Booth 118

Speaker: – Styker

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8828-26 - Personal Protective Attire: A Focus on Surgical Helmet Systems

Location: Booth 301

Speaker: – DJD Consulting, LLC

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8829-26 - Tourniquets: Application & Post-op Pain Reduction

Location: Booth 301

Speaker: – Zimmer

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8830-26 - Enhancing Safety in the OR to Prevent Retained Sponges

Location: Booth 1500

Speaker: – Medtronic, Inc.

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8831-26 - Mitigating the Dangers of Surgical Smoke in Your OR

Location: Booth 1500

Speaker: – Cleveland Clinic

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8833-26 - Principles of Fluid Management in Diagnostic and Operative Hysteroscopy

Location: Booth 1500

Speaker:

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8834-26 - Temperature Check: Guideline-Driven Normothermia Practices

Location: Booth 818

Speaker: – Solventum

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8835-26 - Strengthening Guideline Driven Practice: The Critical Role of Nasal Decolonization in Patient Safety

Location: Booth 818

Speaker: – Solventum

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8836-26 - Game of Sterilization: Are You Ready to Ace Every Load Monitoring Across Sterilization Modalities?

Location: Booth 818

Speaker: – Solventum

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8802-26 - Surgical Tourniquet Safety

Location: Booth 545

Speaker:

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8803-26 - Contamination and SSI Risks with Compounding in the OR: How to Keep Your Patients Safe

Location: Booth 911

Speaker:

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8809-26 - Skin in the Game: Preventing OR Pressure Injuries

Location: Booth 451

Speaker: – Angiliti Health

Speaker: – Agiliti

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8812-26 - Strategic Planning for Perioperative Pressure Injury Prevention: A Standardized Approach to OR Performance and Safety

Location: Booth 1327

Speaker: – Scott Triggers PLLC

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8813-26 - Optimal Perioperative Patient Positioning: Best Practices for Nerve Injury Prevention

Location: Booth 1327

Speaker: – J. Anzalone Consulting LLC

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

10:15 AM - 2:00 AM CST

8814-26 - Simple, Fast, Safe: Defiantly Efficient Technology Makes Everyone Happy with Reduced Turnover Times and Less Waste

Location: Booth 1736

Speaker: – Brunswick Surgery Center

Presented By

Presentation

8822-26 - Powering Surgical Excellence: A Modern Approach to Streamlining Power Tool Usage

Location: Booth 301

Speaker: – Zimmer

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8823-26 - Orthopedic ASCs by Design

Location: Booth 1309

Speaker: – Getinge

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8824-26 - Seven Steps to Patient Safety

Location: Booth 743

Speaker: – Intersurgical, Inc.

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

Presentation

8827-26 - Counterfeit and Gray‑Market Medical Supplies: What Nurses Need to Know to Protect Patients

Location: Booth 801

Speaker:

Presented By

CE: 2 Contact Hours

6:30 AM - 7:30 AM CST

Georgia State Council

Location: Prince of Wales - Hilton Riverside

6:30 AM - 7:30 AM CST

New York State Council

Location: 242

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM CST

Registration & Conference Materials Pickup

Location: Hall E1

7:00 AM - 3:30 PM CST

AORN Foundation

Location: Lobby B1

7:00 AM - 3:30 PM CST

AORN Store

Location: Lobby D

7:00 AM - 3:30 PM CST

Poster Displays

Location: Hall E (access through Registration)

7:15 AM - 7:45 AM CST

Fireside Reflections: Sharing Embers of Inspiration

Location: Rivergate Room

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM CST

1006 - Retired Nurses Specialty Assembly Meeting/Education: A Tapestry for Sustaining Perioperative Excellence

Location: 238 - 239

Primary Speaker: – Healthcare Resources

Co-Speaker: – Meeker Memorial Hospital

Specialty Assembly

CE: 1 Contact Hours

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CST

Expo Hall Power Hour for Leadership Summit & MGR+ Attendees

Location: Halls B2-D

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CST

1013 - Maintaining Excellence: Implementing the Revised QUAD A Standards

Location: 208-210

Primary Speaker: – QUAD A

Ambulatory

CE: 1 Contact Hours

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CST

1026 - Occupational Radiation Exposure Association with Brain Cancer in OR nurses

Location: 217 - 219

Primary Speaker: – New York University

Co-Speaker: – Stanford Health Care

Research, Evidence-based practice, Case Studies

CE: 1 Contact Hours

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CST

1043 - Making Heads or Tails of Uncertainties and Inconsistencies in Endoscope Reprocessing

Location: R06 - R09

Primary Speaker: – Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

Co-Speaker: – Tamara Behm Infection Prevention Consulting

Co-Speaker: – UCSD Health

Clinical-Procedural

CE: 1 Contact Hours

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CST

1058 - Global Voices in the OR: Perspectives from the International Periop Nursing Community

Location: R02 - R05

Primary Speaker: – Mater Health Services - Brisbane, Australia

Co-Speaker: – Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

Co-Speaker: – Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto, Universidade do Porto

Co-Speaker: – Sinai Health System, Chicago

Co-Speaker: – Hatch Squared Enterprises, LLC

DEI- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

CE: 1 Contact Hours

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CST

1082 - Come On Down: How Gamification Has Engaged Perioperative Staff in Emergency Drills

Location: 220 - 222

Primary Speaker: – SSM Health

Co-Speaker: – SSM Health

Educator

CE: 1 Contact Hours

8:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST

Hands-on Student Session

Location: 243

Primary Speaker: – AORN

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM CST

Expo Hall

Location: Halls B2-D

9:15 AM - 9:30 AM CST

1129 - The Nursing Blockbuster Moment: Leading Innovation and Disruption

Location: Booth 651

Invited Speaker: – Simovative Solutions LLC + Kaiser Permanente

A Better OR

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM CST

8837-26-001 - Mastering Suture Selection and Hemostasis: A Practical Skills Lab

Location: Booth 2225

Speaker:

Presented By

CE: 1 Contact Hours

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM CST

Meet the Poster Authors: Even Numbers

Location: Hall E

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM CST

8826-26-001 - Skills Studio: SPD Live! Making SPD Operations Smarter & Easier

Location: Booth 2206

Primary Speaker: – STERIS

Clinical-Innovation

Presented By

CE: 1 Contact Hours

9:45 AM - 10:30 AM CST

Clarity without Compromise: Hydrogel Anti-Fog Technology in the OR

Location: A Better OR, Booth 651

Sponsored By

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CST

1017 - When seconds matter: Emergency airway competency using interprofessional education

Location: 208-210

Primary Speaker: – Stanford Healthcare

Co-Speaker: – Stanford Healthcare

Ambulatory

CE: 1 Contact Hours

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CST

1139 - Education Landscape

Location: 220 - 222

Primary Speaker:

CE: 1 Contact Hours

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CST

3002 - Credentialing and Privileging: A Critical Competency for Nursing Leadership

Location: 206-207

Primary Speaker: – Lake Oconee Orthopedics

Leadership/ManagementAmbulatory

CE: 1 Contact Hours

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CST

3011 - Cutting Through Complexity: The Perioperative Project Director in Action

Location: The Great Hall B

Primary Speaker: – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Leadership/Management

CE: 1 Contact Hours

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CST

3012 - Small Team, Big Impact: Leading Perioperative Excellence in Rural Hospitals

Location: The Great Hall A

Primary Speaker: – Reeves Regional Health

Leadership/Management

CE: 1 Contact Hours

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM CST

8837-26-002 - Mastering Suture Selection and Hemostasis: A Practical Skills Lab

Location: Booth 2225

Speaker:

Presented By

CE: 1 Contact Hours

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM CST

8810-26 - The Count Was Right - Until It Wasn't: Rethinking Surgical Counts, Trust, and Retained Surgical Instrument (RSI) Prevention

Location: Booth 1736

Speaker: – University of Michigan Health

Presented By

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM CST

1096 - Advancing the Telescopic Sponge Counter: (OR) Contamination & Innovation Review

Location: Booth 651

Primary Speaker: – The University of Kansas Health System

A Better OR

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM CST

1100 - Forensics for the Perioperative Nurse

Location: Booth 156

Primary Speaker: – UMMC

Education Theater

CE: .75 Contact Hours

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CST

8837-26-003 - Mastering Suture Selection and Hemostasis: A Practical Skills Lab

Location: Booth 2225

Speaker:

Presented By

CE: 1 Contact Hours

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST

Meet the Poster Authors: Odd Numbers

Location: Hall E

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST

8826-26-002 - Skills Studio: SPD Live! Making SPD Operations Smarter & Easier

Location: Booth 2206

Primary Speaker: – STERIS

Clinical-Innovation

Presented By

CE: 1 Contact Hours

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM CST

3008 - The Nursing Blockbuster Moment: Leading Innovation and Disruption

Location: The Great Hall A

Invited Speaker: – Simovative Solutions LLC + Kaiser Permanente

Leadership/Management

CE: 1 Contact Hours

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM CST

8818-26 - Surgical Smoke: Moving from Awareness to Action

Location: Booth 1736

Speaker: – Stryker Instruments

Presented By

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM CST

8837-26-004 - Mastering Suture Selection and Hemostasis: A Practical Skills Lab

Location: Booth 2225

Speaker:

Presented By

CE: 1 Contact Hours

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST

Networking Lunch & Session: Catalyzing Change as a Perioperative Leader: Driving Measurable Impact Across Your Health System

Location: The Great Hall B

Leadership/Management

Sponsored By

12:30 PM - 12:45 PM CST

1097 - Lean Strategies to Reduce Surgical Waste: A Case Study in Brazilian Ophthalmic Centers

Location: Booth 651

Primary Speaker: – Vision One

A Better OR

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM CST

8837-26-005 - Mastering Suture Selection and Hemostasis: A Practical Skills Lab

Location: Booth 2225

Speaker:

Presented By

CE: 1 Contact Hours

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM CST

1101 - Got Stuck? Sharpen Focus on Needlestick Injuries in the OR

Location: Booth 156

Primary Speaker: – The Ohio State University

Co-Speaker: – Parkland Health

Education Theater

CE: .75 Contact Hours

12:30 PM - 2:30 PM CST

Puppy Zone

Location: Wellness Pavilion, Booth #1718

Sponsored By

1:15 PM - 1:45 PM CST

8837-26-006 - Mastering Suture Selection and Hemostasis: A Practical Skills Lab

Location: Booth 2225

Speaker:

Presented By

CE: 1 Contact Hours

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM CST

8817-26 - Certainty When it Counts: Technology to Improve Patient Outcomes

Location: Booth 1736

Speaker: – Stryker Instruments

Presented By

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CST

8826-26-003 - Skills Studio: SPD Live! Making SPD Operations Smarter & Easier

Location: Booth 2206

Primary Speaker: – STERIS

Clinical-Innovation

Presented By

CE: 1 Contact Hours

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM CST

1095 - Shedding Light on Risk: A Safer Approach to Surgical Illumination

Location: Booth 651

Primary Speaker: – Davenport University/ Best Practice Clinical Consultants

A Better OR

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM CST

8837-26-007 - Mastering Suture Selection and Hemostasis: A Practical Skills Lab

Location: Booth 2225

Speaker:

Presented By

CE: 1 Contact Hours

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM CST

1102 - A Journey to Gold: Champion Driven Model

Location: Booth 156

Primary Speaker: – Stanford Health Care

Co-Speaker: – Stanford Health Care

Education Theater

CE: .75 Contact Hours

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM CST

3001 - Empowering ASC Nurses, Elevating Care: Unlocking the Potential in Every Role

Location: 206-207

Primary Speaker: – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Co-Speaker: – SCA Health

Leadership/ManagementAmbulatory

Sponsored By HST Pathways

CE: .75 Contact Hours

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM CST

3018 - Innovative Solutions to Optimize Staffing Resources in the Perioperative Environment

Location: The Great Hall A

Primary Speaker: – University of Kentucky

Co-Speaker: – University of Kentucky

Leadership/Management

CE: 1 Contact Hours

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM CST

3024 - Enhancing Perioperative Care: AI Deployment and Governance Strategies

Location: The Great Hall B

Primary Speaker: – AORN

Co-Speaker: – AORN

AI- Artificial Intelligence

CE: 1 Contact Hours

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST

AORN Congress: First House of Delegates

Location: Hall B1

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST

3005 - ASC Off-Site Sterile Processing – Is it time to think outside the box?

Location: 206-207

Primary Speaker: – STERIS

Clinical-InnovationAmbulatory

CE: 1 Contact Hours

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST

3017 - Efficiency Reimagined: AI’s Role and Daily Huddle Boards Management Systems in Action

Location: The Great Hall A

Primary Speaker: – Houston Methodist Hospital

Co-Speaker: – Houston Methodist Hospital

AI- Artificial Intelligence

CE: 1 Contact Hours

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST

3022 - Where Have All the Sterile Processing Technicians Gone? A Strategy to Grow Your Own

Location: The Great Hall B

Primary Speaker: – Penn Medicine

Co-Speaker: – Penn Medicine

Leadership/Management

CE: 1 Contact Hours

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM CST

1025 - Lightening the Load: OR Pack Optimization for Less Waste, More Savings

Location: 217 - 219

Primary Speaker: – Houston Methodist The Woodlands

Co-Speaker: – Houston Methodist The Woodlands

ESG- Environmental, Social, Governance

CE: 1 Contact Hours

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM CST

1055 - From Resistance to Precision: AI's Path to Surgical Transition

Location: R02 - R05

Primary Speaker: – AdventHealth Celebration

Co-Speaker: – AdventHealth

AI- Artificial Intelligence

CE: 1 Contact Hours

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM CST

1063 - Creation of a High-Level Disinfection and Sterilization Steering Committee

Location: R06 - R09

Primary Speaker: – Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware

Leadership/Management

CE: 1 Contact Hours

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM CST

1081 - PeriOperative Preceptor Development Course

Location: 220 - 222

Primary Speaker: – Main Line Health: Paoli Hospital

Co-Speaker: – Main Line Health System

Co-Speaker: – Main Line Health: Surgical Services

Co-Speaker: – Main Line Health

Educator

CE: 1 Contact Hours

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM CST

1091 - Bridging the Gap: Technology-Driven Documentation and Compliance in ASCs

Location: 208-210

Primary Speaker: – Ambulatory Healthcare Strategies

Ambulatory

CE: 1 Contact Hours

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM CST

Sponsor Lounge

Leadership/Management

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM CST

AORN Foundation Session & Keynote

Location: Hall B1

5:00 PM - 5:45 PM CST

1137 - The Power of Choice

Location: Hall B1

Primary Speaker:

CE: .75 Contact Hours

8:00 PM - 11:00 PM CST

AORN Foundation Party

Location: Republic NOLA

Supporting Party Sponsor