The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses has released an updated version of “Recommended practices for surgical attire,” providing guidance for what to wear — or what not to wear — in or ...

Wearing proper attire in the operating room can help minimize risks of surgical site infections, but it can be difficult to get OR staff to break old habits that may not conform to recommended best ...

DENVER, CO, UNITED STATES, October 6, 2025 / EINPresswire.com / -- The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) has released evidence-based guidance addressing some of the most frequently ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Dozens of nurses looking to protect themselves from surgical smoke that can cause respiratory illnesses like asthma and emphysema gathered on Beacon Hill Tuesday to promote legislation ...

ATLANTA — Some Georgia nurses say the operating rooms they work in every day are making them sick. They say the surgical smoke in the air they breathe in those ORs is full of harmful chemicals and ...

Walk into almost any healthcare setting today, and you will see employees from the desk clerk to the person cleaning the bathroom wearing surgical scrubs. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, while most ...

For Jennifer Bolognani, the variety and close contact with patients make medical-surgical nursing her ideal career. Bolognani, the assistant clinical manager for trauma, orthopedic, neurosurgery and ...

Putting hospital nurses in brightly colored, unconventional uniforms makes children more comfortable and parents more confident, according to a study of 112 children. The children were more likely to ...