Clinical Improvement/Innovation

1 - Telescopic Sponge Counter: A Review of Contamination and Innovation Trends

2 - Smartphone Use by Nurses in the Operating Room: A Quality Improvement Study

3 - Periop 101 Module Refresher for Nurses: A Quality Improvement Initiative

4 - Clinical Coaching: Unlocking Success with Impactful Conversations

5 - PACU Preparedness: Using Simulation to Verify Competency

6 - Delivering Safety: Reducing SSIs through Perioperative Best Practices in L&D

7 - Strong Foundation: Building Surgical Technologist Expertise Through Preceptorship​

8 - Optimizing Robotic Surgery Efficiency Through Intraoperative Team Dynamics

9 - Pressure Injury Prevention in the OR: Building a Safer Surgical Experience

10 - Does robotic-arm assisted total hip arthroplasty impact the surgical team experience?

11 - Does the use of robotic technology impact revision rates in total knee arthroplasty?

12 - Enhancing Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis Through Mock Code Simulations with Role Cards

13 - Blueprint for Success: Strengthening Teams to Optimize Surgical Efficiency

14 - Procedural Specimens: Evaluating Processes using an Interdisciplinary Approach

15 - Onboarding new nursing staff to the Operating Room with the use of an Escape Room

16 - Improved inpatient case throughput in Cath lab

17 - Improving on time starts and room turnover in the electrophysiology department

18 - Sustainable Normothermia Management with Financial Impact in Ophthalmology MAC Cases

19 - Implementing GEMBA Boards in an OR Setting to Improve First Case On-Time Starts

20 - Emergency Department and Operating Room Daily Trauma Huddle

22 - AORN Emergency Preparedness Tool Kit Update

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

25 - Scan and Go Project: One Tap to Teamwork and Partnership Between OR and Supply Chain

26 - Building Talent from Within: A Surgical Tech Extern Program

27 - From Panic to Policy: Evaluating Sharps Injury Knowledge of Perioperative Staff

28 - Safeguarding the Surgical Count Process

29 - Improving patient flow through the perioperative area: A multidisciplinary approach

30 - Culture Building: Creating a Cohesive and Inclusive Environment

31 - Surgical Case Delay Notification – Emergency Case Priority

32 - Enhancing Critical Thinking and Clinical Reasoning in New Perioperative Nurses

33 - Behind the Red Line: An OR Introductory Course

34 - Optimizing Picklists and Preference Cards: A Recipe for Success

35 - I Remember That! Gamification in Malignant Hyperthermia Management Training

36 - Implementation of Abdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion at Level 1 Trauma Center

37 - Bronchoscopy Mentor: Utilizing the Simulation Based Learning Environment for the RNFA

38 - "Got Stuck? Sharpen Focus on Needlestick Injuries in the Operating Room"

39 - Utilizing Formal Check-Ins to Reduce Transition Shock in New Perioperative Nurses

40 - TWO TABLES, ONE GOAL: ISBCS Efficiency Through Standardization of Dual Table Set-up

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

42 - Standardizing OR Nurse Onboarding Using the Tiered Skills Acquisition Model

43 - Enhancing Safety in the MROR: Developing Nurse Competency

44 - Time is Money: Fast Tracking Patients to Endoscopy

45 - Strengthening New Nurse Retention and Clinical Confidence at Regional One Health

46 - Who’s Doing What? Understanding and Delineating Roles During an Operating Room Code

47 - Lessons Learned in Opening a Multi-Specialty Ambulatory Surgery Center

48 - Precision Under Pressure: Optimizing Specimen Collection During Sinus Sampling

49 - Quality Improvement in Malignant Hyperthermia Response

50 - Enhancing Surgical Safety and Quality Through Nurse Leader Rounding

51 - Nursing Jambalaya: Mixing Safety, Surgery, and Research Protocols

52 - Multidisciplinary Systems-Based Approach to Managing Innovation and Preventing RSIs

53 - Green for Go: A Color-Coded Progressive Skill Orientation

54 - An Innovative Approach to Pressure Injury Prevention in ENT Flap Patients

55 - Standardizing Epic Indicators for Patient Progression in the Perioperative Setting: A Quality Improvement Project

56 - Case Cart Audit tool.

57 - Exploration on the Practice of Increasing Surgical Volume in 39 ORs with IoT Systems

58 - Preparing Staff for Bone Cement Implantation Syndrome

59 - Dedicated Infection Preventionist in Surgical Service-Return on Investment Argument

60 - Tracking Operating Room Cases to Identify Learning Gaps

61 - Implementing a Living Allogeneic Heart Valve Transplant Program in the Perioperative D

62 - Reducing Postoperative Neonatal Hypothermia at a High-Volume Children's Hospital

63 - Robotic Surgical Cases: Advancing the Scrub Personnel's Scope of Practice

64 - Safe Workflow Process for the Pressurized Intraperitoneal Aerosolized Chemotherapy

65 - The Gigafactory Approach to Surgeon Onboarding; Perioperative Steering Reimagined

66 - Scrub Bootcamp: Bridging Knowledge Gaps with Service-Line-Specific Scrub Training

67 - Leveraging 2D Data Matrix Technology to Improve Sterile Tray Accuracy

68 - 24/7 Expanded Access for Robotics

69 - STAT! Trauma Surgery and Code Blue High-Fidelity Simulation in the Operating Room

70 - Achieving Zero Specimen Error Events in Our High Reliability Organization Journey

71 - Team Driven Education to Enhance Surgical Patient Positioning and Skin Preparation

72 - Most Valuable Player Equals Most Certified Player: Certification Recognition

73 - Shining the Light on the Efficiency of Nurse Navigation!

74 - Enhancing Safety and Efficiency in the Perioperative Suite

75 - Our Surgical Safety Journey at Phoenix Children's

76 - Too Cool for Delivery? Not in Our OR!

77 - Magnetic Fields, Focused Care: Meet the OR Safety Nurse!

78 - Enhancing Ophthalmology competency through structured orientation simulations

79 - Building Competence: A Tiered Orientation Model for Perioperative Nurse Success

80 - Radiofrequency Scanning for Sponges

81 - First Case On Time Starts (FCOTS) Improvement Initiative

82 - Preparing a Perioperative Unit for Magnet Redesignation

83 - Changing Your Operating Room Trauma Team From Green to a Machine

84 - Overhauling Your OR Count Process: A Multimodal Approach to RFO's

85 - Collaborative Response to Cardiac Emergencies in Procedural Areas

86 - Inpatient Pathway for Surgical Readiness: Preparing patients for surgery

87 - Leading the Way: Perioperative Charge Nurse Workshop

88 - The Process of Enhancing Communication in Multi-Organ Transplants: Creating a New SBAR

92 - Application of Crew Resource Management to Reduce Retained Surgical Items

93 - Sharing the Fire - Preparing Non-specialized OR Staff for Burn Mass Casualty Response

94 - Reduction of Non-Elective Colon Surgical Site Infections Using a Bundled Approach

95 - Escaping Infection: A Multidisciplinary Simulation to Reinforce AORN Guidelines

96 - A Staff-Led Center of Excellence for Preventing Retained Surgical Items

97 - Growing the Future of Surgical Services: A Preceptor Story

98 - Immersing Rutgers Nursing Students into Perioperative Practice via DEU

99 - Customizing Procedure Pass to Meet the Needs of the Perianesthesia Nurse

100 - Urine for a Surprise: The First Human Bladder Transplant

101 - Initial experience of Da Vinci Single-Port Robotic System in Thoracic Surgery

102 - Pediatric Pelvis Surgery: A Coordinated, Multiphase Approach Across Institutions

103 - Time Out Standardization: "It Only Takes a Minute"

104 - Sharing Knowledge and Increasing Confidence in Organ Procurements

105 - Innovation in the Cath Lab: Inventory Management

106 - Nursing Grand Rounds in the Main Operating room to improve staff satisfaction

107 - When Seconds Count : Cardiac Arrest The Registered Nurse First Assistant Perspective

108 - Communication/Workgroups and Efficiency

109 - Cross Campus Tray Standardization

110 - A Nontraditional Approach to Delivering the PeriOperative 101 Program

111 - Stop, Debrief! A Surgical Specimen Depends on It

112 - "On Time Starts: Getting Wheels Rolling in the Right Direction"

113 - SSI Colon Reduction Through a Multidisciplinary Approach and Culture Change Strategy

114 - Periop QI: Aligning Staff and Patient Workflows Across Phases of Care

115 - Building a Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Program at Safety-Net Hospital

116 - Protect the Joint: The Power of Pre-Op Clipping and Interdepartmental Collaboration

117 - The Dynamic Duo of the OR and SPD to Ensure Effective Pretreatment

118 - Prevention in Action: A Revolutionizing Strategy for Preventing Pressure Injuries

119 - Building a Culture of Psychological Safety in the Cath Lab Using Pedi-PAUSE

121 - From Burnout to Fired Up: How OR Nurses Reclaimed Their Spark Through Shared Governance

122 - Systematizing a Perioperative Pressure Injury Prevention Program

123 - First Line Help for Second Victims

124 - A Time & Motion Study: Enhancing Tissue Preservation & Surgical Outcomes

125 - SURGICAL SMOKE EVACUATION PRACTICES AMONG TRACS SURGEONS: A 3-MONTH AUDIT

126 - A Tapestry for Sustaining Perioperative Participation

127 - Providing Surgical Technologists Continuing Education Credits Through In-service

128 - Stop, Collaborate, and Listen: The Surgical Count and Time-Out Remix

129 - Tick Tock: Enhancing Cardiac Cath Lab Efficiency by Improving First -Time Case Starts

130 - Aromatherapy in the Hospital Environment

131 - Training OR Personnel in REBOA for Hemorrhagic Shock Management

132 - Team Communication and First Case Starts in the Neurosurgery Setting

133 - Malignant Hyperthermia Escape Room: Body on Fire

134 - Game-On: A Team-Based Strategy to Boost Wellness and Engagement

135 - Preparing Perioperative Teams for Downtime in a Digital Healthcare Era

136 - Count Boards Improve Communication, Enhance OR Safety

137 - Preparing Nurses for Practice: AACN Competencies in the Perioperative Environment

138 - Empowering Perioperative Teams: How Resource Nurses Make A Difference

139 - The Collaborative Approach to Improving Inpatient Flow to the Operating Room

140 - "Mastering the Machine: Demystifying Robotic Surgery"

141 - "Pulse Points: Advancing Skills in Vascular Surgery"

142 - “Surgical Savvy, An Inside Look at the Operating Room”

143 - Evaluating the Impact of Laser Safety Training Program in a Greenfield Hospital in Qatar

144 - Lights on after dark: Launching the OR night shift

145 - Making the Most of Periop Education Time

146 - Pressure Injury Prevention in Cardiothoracic Transplant Patients

147 - A Journey to Gold: Champion Driven Model

148 - TEAMSTEPPS During Codes in the OR: Turning Chaos into Control

149 - It Takes a Village: A journey to Improve FCOTS in Adult OR

150 - Integrating a Multistate Nurse Residency Program

151 - Introducing Senior Nursing Students to PeriOperative Nursing

152 - Improving Stroke Documentation for Perioperative Nursing

153 - Communication guide while on call

154 - Building the Future: A Nurse Residency Blueprint for Outpatient Surgery

155 - Heating Up Confidence: MH Escape Room Success

156 - Smoke Evacuation: A Multidisciplinary Approach to OR Readiness

157 - From Gaps to Greatness: Boosting OR Laser Skills with AORN Standards

160 - Optimizing the onset- Innovations in first time surgical case starts

161 - SSI Prevention Using the Teach-Back Method During Discharge Teaching

162 - Achieving Zero

163 - Enhancing Accuracy & Team Collaboration in Surgical Specimen Management

164 - Optimizing OR Staffing with AI: Implementing a Data-Driven Staffing Platform in a High-Volume Ambulatory Surgery Center 

165 - Time Out: Illuminating Every Step Toward Safer Surgery

166 - Certified to Care: Impact of Credentialing Among Surgical & Perioperative Nursing Team

167 - Elevating OR Orientation to Onboarding: Strengthening Engagement and Safety

168 - Kidney Transplant Process Improvement: Enhancing Compliance and Patient Safety

169 - Driving Surgical Excellence: A Multi-System Organization's Path to CNOR Designation

170 - Operational Efficiency: Winning the Battle Against OR-PACU Holds

171 - Transforming Perioperative Onboarding and Education Through Multimodal Learning

172 - Affordable Innovation: Conversion of a Classroom into an Operating Room Simulation Lab

173 - First Case On-Time Starts: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Reliability and Efficiency

174 - Enhancing Communication and Escalation Pathways Through Tiered Huddles

175 - Utilizing Visual Management Boards to Standardize Communication

176 - Integrating Wellness Strategies in RNFA Education: Enhancing Stress Management

177 - Professional Development and Leadership Academy

178 - Language Arousal & Thermal Insulation Nursing: MAP/SPO2/NRS/ADRs in Elder Spinal Fracture Surgery

180 - Surgical Count Improvement - part 2 - A Redux

181 - Journey of Orthopedic Instruments from the National Orthopedic Medical Center of China

182 - Methodist Hospitals PDSA Cycle for SSI Quality Improvement

183 - A Multidisciplinary Approach to Enhance Compliance with Care Plan Documentation

184 - Elevating Procedural Practice: A Collaborative Journey in a Magnet Environment

185 - Enhancing Operating Room Efficiency with the New Optimization Nurse Role

186 - Prep the OR: Enhancing knowledge in the care of the surgical trauma patient

187 - Improving Narcotic Safety Protocols in a Surgery Center

188 - Implementing Surgeon-Specific Preference Binders in Cardiothoracic Surgery

189 - MOR Patient Death Debrief

190 - Decreasing Instrument Contamination Rates Through SPD Partnership and Collaboration

191 - An Evidence-Based Initiative to Improve Bowel Preparation Quality for Colonoscopy

192 - What do I need to pick? : Improving accuracy of surgeons preference cards

193 - Setting the Stage for Success: OR Setup and On Time First Cases

194 - Count von Count. A count board reducing noise and confusion while improving safety!

293 - Evaluating the Impact of Formal Training on Staff Perception of Preparedness for Active Shooter Situations in the Perioperative Environment

21 - Kickstart the Day with NO OR delays!!

120 - Every Drop Counts...Save the Blood!

158 - Enhancing the Onboarding Process through Blended Orientation Approach

159 - What’s in a Name? A Multidisciplinary Journey to Safer Patient Identification

179 - Optimizing Emergency Preparedness and Reducing Waste in TAVR Procedures