The Safe Surgery Saves Lives (SSSL) Collective is an initiative to bring people together who are working on improving surgical safety in Canadian Healthcare. The Checklist Action Series is the first program to be launched which entails a 3 month virtual initiative at no cost for Canadian surgical programs, teams, and individuals to assist with effective implementation of a surgical checklist. 

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The 9^th edition of the ORNAC Standards , Guidelines, and Position Statements for Perioperative Registered Nursing Practice is currently being translated to French.  Expect the French translated 9^th edition to be available early in 2010.

Did you know that nurses worldwide have played a critical role in promoting a simple checklist that reduces complications and mortality associated with a variety of surgical procedures by more than 30 percent? We are now inviting you to change the face of surgery and join the ranks of these champions by bringing the checklist to your hospital.

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There is now a page devoted to PNEC-  Perioperative Nurse Educators of Canada.   To find out more about this emerging group, check out their new page under EDUCATION!  

Are you an educator for perioperative nurses?  Register on the forum today!

9TH EDITION ORNAC STANDARDS
NOW AVAILABLE
NEW FORMAT  $100

CONTACT CANADIAN STANDARDS ASSOCIATION  www.csa.ca

The International Federation of Perioperative Nurses (IFPN) has released a new guideline on surgical smoke plume entitled “IFPN Guideline on Smoke Plume”. IFPN is comprised of a consortium of international nursing organizations, including the U.S. AORN (Association of periOperative Nurses) and Canada’s ORNAC (Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada). In total, the member organizations of IFPN represent over 80,000 operating room nursing professionals worldwide.

As part of their dedication to the members they represent, IFPN has issued a Guideline on Surgical Plume. Sponsored by Buffalo Filter, this Guideline provides workplace safety recommendations on the management of surgical smoke which includes smoke evacuation systems, ultra fine particle surgical masks, and wall suction filter elements, should such devices will be utilized to capture plume.

Buffalo Filter is a proud sponsor of this new guideline and remains steadfastly dedicated to providing educational tools that help the clinical community better understand the hazards of surgical smoke plume and implement programs to manage these workplace risks.

For the full text of the Guideline, copy and paste the link below into your web browser or visit www.ifpn.org.uk   to obtain a copy and learn more about IFPN and the program and resources they offer.

www.buffalofilter.com/pdf/FinalIFPNStandard.doc