22 - AORN Emergency Preparedness Tool Kit Update

Description: The team consisted of the 2025-2026 AORN National Clinical Nursing Practice Committee, including the committee chair, chair-elect, members, Board of Directors Liaison, and AORN Staff Liaisons. The team, with the help of the AORN perioperative clinical nurse librarian, performed an extensive literature search since 2018, when the tool kit was last updated. The team also reviewed government and professional organization website resources. The assessment revealed an increase in publications on the affect of disasters on health care organizations. Additionally, numerous publications have been produced by governmental and professional organizations on emergency preparedness. The evidence supported an update to the AORN tool kit on Emergency Preparedness. The Clinical Nursing Practice Committee reviewed the evidence and identified tools to be developed to include in the tool kit. the tools were drafted, reviewed, and edited. Then the tool kit was completed and updated on the AORN website. This will enhance awareness, education, and policy development in perioperative departments, enabling nurses to be better prepared when disaster strikes.