40 years ago in the AORN Journal

AORN Journal,  July, 2006  

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An article titled "Amateurs in research" chronicles the development of one AORN chapter's research committee. In their first endeavor, committee members surveyed OR supervisors about skin prep but were unable to tally the results because each member had asked different questions. * A "Historical Vignette" recounts the shooting of President James A.

Garfield, indicating that he might have lived if surgeons had operated to remove the bullet. * In "Q&A," a reader asks whether powdered gloves can be autoclaved or if they must be dri-claved. The answer states that ethylene oxide sterilization is preferable to both those methods. * "News in ORbit" reports that oral contraceptives are second only to aspirin as the cause of accidental poisoning among children treated at one hospital.

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