AORN Journal Index of Articles Published in 2007

AORN Journal Index of Articles Published in 2007 AORN JOURNAL INDEX TO VOLUMES 85-86 JANUARY-DECEMBER 2007

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his index is divided into two sections: the Name Section and the Subject Section. The Name Section includes authors, as well as individuals about whom articles are written, in which case the names are in brackets. In the Subject Section, articles appear under one or more subject headings. AORN recommended practices appear under the appropriate subject(s), under AORN, and under Practice Guidelines. Subject headings are taken from the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature. Abbreviations used in this index: AHRQ AHRQ Commentary BR Board Report CE Continuing Education CI Clinical Issues Ed Editorial Educ Innov Educational Innovations Evidence Evidence for Practice jt auth Joint author O Opinion PM President’s Message PSF Patient Safety First Spec Needs Special Needs Populations

NAME SECTION AKYUZ, NURAY; OZBAS, AYFER; CAVDAR, IKBAL Safety of personnel working in endoscopy units 85 (Jan 07) 181 ALLEN, GEORGE Cell saver blood transfusions; colorectal surgery antibiotic prophylaxis; preoperative clinics; colonoscopy failure rates (Evidence) 85 (Apr 07) 823 Effect of meperidine and skin surface warming on shivering; mild hypothermia during intercranial aneurysm surgery; oxygenation after coronary artery bypass artery surgery; perioperative hypothermia and risk of cancer metastasis (Evidence) 86 (Jul 07) 113 © AORN, Inc, 2007

Effect of music therapy on stress response to day surgery; patient preferences in preoperative bowel preparation; use of hydroxylated polyvinyl acetyl tampons in thyroid surgery; risk factors for endophthalmitis after cataract extraction (Evidence) 86 (Oct 07) 671 Effect of perioperative immunonutrition in colorectal surgery; sterility and use of surgical site markers; surgeons’ habits in wearing scrub attire outside the OR area; shaving the surgical site before spinal surgery (Evidence) 86 (Nov 07) 865 Needle-stick injuries among surgical residents; disinfection of equipment used for prostate biopsy; reducing bleeding and pain during epidural catheter insertion; controlling bleeding during liver resection (Evidence) 86 (Sep 07) 469 Obesity and perioperative complications in spine surgery; filgrastim prophylaxis in highrisk colorectal cancer patients; exposure to radiation when using mini-C-arm fluoroscopy; retransfusion of filtered shed blood in arthroplasty surgery (Evidence) 86 (Aug 07) 287 Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; surgical errors; hepatitis B vaccination; feasibility of sharpless surgery (Evidence) 85 (Jan 07) 197 Perineural catheters; bowel preparation; watertight sealant for dural repair; family-centered surgical care (Evidence) 85 (May 07) 1003 Preventing infections; radio frequency identification; spray disinfection; reducing allogeneic transfusions (Evidence) 85 (Mar 07) 637 Surgical prep products; obesity and postoperative complications; flammability of drapes; atypical mycobacterial infection (Evidence) 85 (Jun 07) 1235 Talc pleurodesis; acute normovolemic hemodilution; laparoscopic cholecystectomy; blood ultra filtration (Evidence) 85 (Feb 07) 419 Using ultraviolet lighting to decrease the rate of infections; patient positioning and its effect on acute leg compartment syndrome; reprocessing external fixation components; the safety of reusing sterilized endotracheal tubes (Evidence) 86 (Dec 07) 1055 DECEMBER 2007, VOL 86, NO 6 • AORN JOURNAL • 1069

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AREVALO, LYDA C; CARRILLO-MARTINEZ, CESAR M Reuse and recycling practices in a Colombian hospital 86 (Nov 07) 791 AUSTIN, ELIZABETH A Book Review. Women’s Health Concerns Sourcebook 86 (Oct 07) 676. Correction 86 (Dec 07) 940 BACON, DONALD Special Report. Results of the 2007 AORN Salary Survey 86 (Dec 07) 944 BAKER, G ROSS jt auth see Espin, Sherry 85 (Mar 07) 527 BALLESTAS, HELEN C Postoperative fever: to what is the body really responding? (CE) 86 (Dec 07) 983 BANKS, ANGELA Innovations in postoperative pain management: continuous infusion of local anesthetics (CE) 85 (May 07) 904 BARIL, PATRICE; PORTMAN, HARRIET Preoperative fasting: knowledge and perceptions 86 (Oct 07) 609 BARNETT, TODD E The not-so-hidden costs of surgical site infections 86 (Aug 07) 249 BATTALORA, ELIZABETH Book Review. Partnering With Patients to Reduce Medical Errors 85 (Jan 07) 204 BECKWITH, HELEN Book Review. The Stem Cell Divide 86 (Sep 07) 477 BEDDAR, SAM jt auth see Gao, Song 86 (Nov 07) 827 BEDISON, NANCY Book Review. Bioterrorism Guidebook to the Seven Deadliest Diseases 85 (Jun 07) 1241 BELKIN, NATHAN L Letter. Green nursing: the environment and economics 86 (Jul 07) 15 BEYEA, SUZANNE C Confusing, look-alike, and sound-alike medications (PSF) 86 (Nov 07) 861 Distractions and interruptions in the OR: Evidence for practice (PSF) 86 (Sep 07) 465 Distractions, interruptions, and patient safety (PSF) 86 (Jul 07) 109 Encouraging patients to participate in their health care (PSF) 85 (Jun 07) 1231 Medication reconciliation: what every nurse needs to know (PSF) 85 (Jan 07) 193 Noise: a distraction, interruption, and safety hazard (PSF) 86 (Aug 07) 281 Preparing for electrical power system failures

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(PSF) 85 (Apr 07) 819 The Protecting 5 Million Lives from Harm Campaign (PSF) 85 (May 07) 961 The 2008 perioperative nurses’ goals for safety (PSF) 86 (Dec 07) 1051 Update on correct site surgery (PSF) 85 (Feb 07) 415 BEYEA, SUZANNE C; SIMMONS, DEBORA; HICKS, RODNEY W Caution: tubing misconnections can be deadly (PSF) 85 (Mar 07) 633 BIANCUCCI, CHRISTINA jt auth see Espin, Sherry 85 (Mar 07) 527 BIGONY, LORRAINE Risks associated with exposure to surgical smoke plume: A review of the literature (CE) 86 (Dec 07) 1013 BITNER, JASON; HILDE, LEANA; HALL, KENNETH; DUVENDACK, TAMMY A team approach to the prevention of unplanned postoperative hypothermia 85 (May 07) 921 BLANCHARD, JOAN Construction in the OR; Clostridium difficile; instrument tracking; antibiotic resistance (CI) 85 (Mar 07) 627. Correction 86 (Dec 07 ) 940 jt auth see Steelman, Victoria 85 (Jun 07) 1225 BLANCHARD, JOAN; MITCHELL, SHEILA Home laundering of surgical scrub attire; treatment for pediculosis; extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis; preventing unplanned perioperative hypothermia; saline irrigation in warmers; flash sterilization (CI) 86 (Oct 07) 657 BOSWORTH, GERRY jt auth see Vaughn, Felicia 85 (Mar 07) 589 BOYLES, PEGGY jt auth see Johnson, Fay C 86 (Sep 07) 448 BRANDON, GEORGE E jt auth see Hayne, Lynn J 85 (Jun 07) 1083 BRANDVOLD, CATHERINE jt auth see Trice, Lucy B 86 (Aug 07) 259 BRENDLE, TIMOTHY A Surgical care improvement project and the perioperative nurse’s role 86 (Jul 07) 94 BROGMUS, GEORGE; LEONE, WILLIAM; BUTLER, LORRAINE; HERNANDEZ, EDWARD Best practices in OR suite layout and equipment choices to reduce slips, trips, and falls (CE) 86 (Sep 07) 384 BRUNO, ELIZABETH jt auth see Trice, Lucy B 86 (Aug 07) 259 BURLINGAME, BYRON L Deep vein thrombosis; cloth hats; corkboards

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in the OR; count sheets in charts (CI) 85 (Jan 07) 189 Intraoperative chemotherapy; name tag lanyards in the OR; credentialing guidelines for RN first assistants (CI) 86 (Dec 07) 1041 jt auth see Kenyon, Trudy AG 86 (Oct 07) 630 Locking the surgical department after hours; hospital e-tool; OR turnover cleaning procedures; equipment storage in the OR (CI) 86 (Aug 07) 271 BUTLER, LORRAINE jt auth see Brogmus, George 86 (Sep 07) 384 CANTRELL, SHIRLEY W; WARD, KAREN S; VAN WICKLIN, SHARON A Translating research on venous thromboembolism into practice (CE) 86 (Oct 07) 590 CARLO, ARLENE The new era of flash sterilization (CE) 86 (Jul 07) 58. Clarification 86 (Sep 07) 356. Letter 86 (Dec 07) 939 CARRILLO-MARTINEZ, CESAR M jt auth see Arevalo, Lyda C 86 (Nov 07) 791 CATALANO, KATHLEEN; FICKENSCHER, KEVIN Emerging technologies in the OR and their effect on perioperative professionals 86 (Dec 07) 958 CAVDAR, IKBAL jt auth see Akyuz, Nuray 85 (Jan 07) 181 CHERRY, CECILE jt auth see DeBord, Starla 86 (Aug 07) 211 CHINNES, LIBBY F jt auth see Halvorson, Cynthia K 85 (Feb 07) 334 CLANCY, CAROLYN M TeamSTEPPS: optimizing teamwork in the perioperative setting (AHRQ) 86 (Jul 07) 18 jt auth see Coopey, Margaret 86 (Nov 07) 857 jt auth see Farquhar, Marybeth 86 (Sep 07) 455 COLLINS, JILL jt auth see Seifert, Patricia C 86 (Jul 07) 23 COLLINS, LETHIA Book Review. The New Medicine$: How Drugs Are Created, Approved, Marketed, and Sold 86 (Aug 07) 295 COLLINS SHARP, BETH A jt auth see Farquhar, Marybeth 86 (Sep 07) 455 COLVIN, ROSLYN jt auth see John, Tracey (Aug 07) 231 CONNER, RAMONA jt auth see Steelman, Victoria 85 (Jun 07) 1225 COOPEY, MARGARET; NIX, MARY P; CLANCY, CAROLYN M Evidence-based practice: AHRQ’s role in generating and disseminating knowledge

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(AHRQ) 86 (Nov 07) 857 COWPERTHWAITE, LIZ jt auth see Ferrill, Christine 85 (Jun 07) 1149 jt auth see Hayne, Lynn J 85 (Jun 07) 1083 COWPERTHWAITE, LIZ; FERRILL, CHRISTINE Congress business sessions 85 (Jun 07) 1127 COXON, PEGGY jt auth see Olmstead, John 85 (May 07) 942 CRANE, CHRISTOPHER H jt auth see Gao, Song 86 (Nov 07) 827 CYR, NANCY R Depression and older adults (Spec Needs) 85 (Feb 07) 397 Obsessive compulsive disorder (Spec Needs) 86 (Aug 07) 277 DAVIDSON-WILSON, LATANYA Book Review. Foundations in Nursing and Health Care: Study Skills in Health Care 85 (Apr 07) 833 DAVIS, REBECCA J Book Review. What Every New Manager Needs to Know: Making a Successful Transition to Management 85 (Apr 07) 831 DEBORD, STARLA; CHERRY, CECILE; HICKEY, CAROL The arterial switch procedure for transposition of the great arteries (CE) 86 (Aug 07) 211 DELCLOS, MARC E jt auth see Gao, Song 86 (Nov 07) 827 DENHOLM, BONNIE Documentation of the lateral position; risk of injury in the lateral position; pediatric instrument counts; colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CI) 86 (Nov 07) 851 jt auth see Steelman, Victoria 85 (Jun 07) 1225 Malignant hyperthermia; sterilization monitoring; sterilization indicators; multipack needle counts (CI) 85 (Feb 07) 403 DOMANOVIC, MARY A Letter. Using a leading zero with decimals 86 (Dec 07) 940 DUNKEL, WANDA L jt auth see Kenyon, Trudy AG 86 (Oct 07) 630 DUVENDACK, TAMMY jt auth see Bitner, Jason 85 (May 07) 921 DYER, CONNIE Letter. The importance of error reporting 86 (Sep 07) 354 DYER, JERRY Letter. Concerns about lead exposure 86 (Sep 07) 355. Response 86 (Sep 07) 355 ESPIN, SHERRY; REGEHR, GLENN; LEVINSON,

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WENDY; BAKER, G ROSS; BIANCUCCI, CHRISTINA; LINGARD, LORELEI Factors influencing perioperative nurses’ error reporting preferences 85 (Mar 07) 527. Letter 86 (Sep 07) 354 FAIRBANKS, CATHARINE B Using Six Sigma and Lean methodologies to improve OR throughput 86 (Jul 07) 73 FALCONE, DEBORAH jt auth see Olmstead, John 85 (May 07) 942 FARQUHAR, MARYBETH; COLLINS SHARP, BETH A; CLANCY, CAROLYN M Patient safety in nursing practice (AHRQ) 86 (Sep 07) 455 FERRALL, BRIT jt auth see John, Tracey (Aug 07) 231 FERRILL, CHRISTINE Congress highlights 85 (Jun 07) 1071 jt auth see Cowperthwaite, Liz 85 (Jun 07) 1127 jt auth see Hayne, Lynn J 85 (Jun 07) 1083 FERRILL, CHRISTINE; COWPERTHWAITE, LIZ Congress awards 85 (Jun 07) 1149 FERRILL, CHRISTINE; LENTH, ANNIE Congress student and faculty sessions 85 (Jun 07) 1124 FICKENSCHER, KEVIN jt auth see Catalano, Kathleen 86 (Dec 07) 958 FLOWERS, JANE Board approves budget, committees, new documents (BR) 85 (Feb 07) 269 Board reviews conference plans, technology updates (BR) 85 (Jun 07) 1067 Board revises mission and vision statements (BR) 86 (Dec 07) 941 FOSS, PAM jt auth see Olmstead, John 85 (May 07) 942 FOSTER, JAN jt auth see Jennings, Jane 86 (Oct 07) 618 FREEMAN, KAREN C Book Review. The Art of Connecting: How to Overcome Differences, Build Rapport, and Communicate Effectively With Anyone 86 (Jul 07) 121 FRY, DONALD E; FRY, ROSEMARY V Surgical site infection: the host factor (CE) 86 (Nov 07) 801 FRY, ROSEMARY V jt auth see Fry, Donald E 86 (Nov 07) 801 FRYDENDALL, JODI Book Review. Mosby’s Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference 86 (Sep 07) 479 GABERSON, KATHLEEN B Letter. Fragmented publication 85 (Apr 07) 714

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GAINES, CLIFFORD jt auth see Winthrop, Thomas G 85 (Mar 07) 566 GAO, SONG; DELCLOS, MARC E; TOMAS, LYVIA C; CRANE, CHRISTOPHER H; BEDDAR, SAM High-dose-rate remote afterloaders for intraoperative radiation therapy (CE) 86 (Nov 07) 827 GERDES, SUSAN Book Review. Living Well With Anxiety: What Your Doctor Doesn’t Tell You . . . That You Need to Know 85 (May 07) 1011 GIARRIZO-WILSON, SHARON Circulating duties; construction guidelines; medication packaging and labeling; case cart decontamination (CI) 86 (Jul 07) 103 GIRARD, NANCY J Do you know what you don’t know? (Ed) 86 (Aug 07) 177 How important are you? (Ed) 85 (May 07) 887 Multitasking: how much is too much? (Ed) 85 (Mar 07) 505 Neologisms and genericized words in everyday language (Ed) 85 (Apr 07) 709 Out with the old and in with the new (Ed) 85 (Jan 07) 11 Perioperative nurses aid in the fight against global poverty (Ed) 86 (Nov 07) 731 Science fiction comes to the OR (Ed) 86 (Sep 07) 351 Surgical conscience: still pertinent (Ed) 86 (Jul 07) 13 The view from the other side (Ed) 86 (Oct 07) 545 Tuberculosis is making a comeback (Ed) 85 (Feb 07) 261. Correction 85 (May 07) 888 GLOVER, DENNIS E; NEWKIRK, LAURA E; COLE, LISA M; WALKER, THEODORE J; NADER, KELLY C Perioperative clinical nurse specialist role delineation: a systematic review 84 (Dec 06) 1017. Letter 85 (Apr 07) 711. Response 85 (Apr 07) 712 GLUESING, REBECCA E jt auth see Kenyon, Trudy AG 86 (Oct 07) 630 GRALING, PAULA R Passion for your profession (PM) 85 (Feb 07) 257 Resolve to promote your practice in the New Year (PM) 85 (Jan 07) 9 A year of promoting the perioperative nursing profession (PM) 85 (Mar 07) 501 GREENSPAN, ED Letter. Term misused 86 (Sep 07) 354 GROTA, PATTI G Perioperative management of multidrugresistant organisms in health care settings

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(CE) 86 (Sep 07) 361 GRUENDEMANN, BARBARA J Distance learning and perioperative nursing 85 (Mar 07) 574 HAGER, CAROL Quality of life after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery 85 (Apr 07) 768 HALL, KENNETH jt auth see Bitner, Jason 85 (May 07) 921 HALVORSON, CYNTHIA K; CHINNES, LIBBY F Collaborative leadership in product evaluation 85 (Feb 07) 334 HAMILTON, PHYLLIS A Book Review. Building on the Promise of Diversity: How We Can Move to the Next Level in Our Workplaces, Our Communities, and Our Society 86 (Jul 07) 122 HAMLIN, LOIS I’ll Google that (Ed) 86 (Dec 07) 933 HARBIN, NANCY AORN Foundation 85 (Jun 07) 1165 HARDY, CHERYL MedStar Health vendor access program: one system’s story 86 (Nov 07) 815 HARVEY, MARY KAY Book Review. Foundations in Nursing and Health Care: Writing Skills in Health Care 85 (Mar 07) 645 Book Review. Save the First Dance for You— The Complete Nurses Guide to Serving Your Profession, Your Patients, and Yourself 86 (Aug 07) 294 HAYNE, LYNN J; BRANDON, GEORGE E; COWPERTHWAITE, LIZ; FERRILL, CHRISTINE; HOLM, REBECCA L; LENTH, ANNIE Congress education sessions 85 (Jun 07) 1083 HAYNE, LYNN J Congress General Sessions 85 (Jun 07) 1113 HEACOCK, MARIA G Book Review. One Hundred Orthopedic Conditions Every Doctor Should Understand 86 (Jul 07) 123 HEMBREE, PATRICIA A Book Review. Competencies for Management of the Operating Room 85 (Mar 07) 645 HENDRICKSON, THOMAS Verbal medication orders in the OR 86 (Oct 07) 626 HENNESSEY, JEANNEMARIE Book Review. Drug Information Handbook for Perioperative Nursing 86 (Jul 07) 119 Book Review. Perioperative Pharmacology Reference Book and Perioperative Pharmacology

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Pocket Guide 86 (Dec 07) 1062 HERNANDEZ, EDWARD jt auth see Brogmus, George 86 (Sep 07) 384 HICKEY, CAROL jt auth see DeBord, Starla 86 (Aug 07) 211 HICKS, RODNEY W jt auth see Beyea, Suzanne C 85 (Mar 07) 633 jt auth see Payne, Christopher H 85 (Apr 07) 731 HILDE, LEANA jt auth see Bitner, Jason 85 (May 07) 921 HOLM, REBECCA L Congress Opening Session 85 (Jun 07) 1079 Congress Closing Session 85 (Jun 07) 1168 jt auth see Hayne, Lynn J 85 (Jun 07) 1083 HUDSON, BETH jt auth see Hukushi, Grace 85 (Feb 07) 265 HUKUSHI, GRACE; HUDSON, BETH Letter. Deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis methods 85 (Feb 07) 265 IGNAS, LISA jt auth see Olmstead, John 85 (May 07) 942 INGOE, RENEE; LANGE, PATRICIA The Ladd’s procedure for correction of intestinal malrotation with volvulus in children (CE) 85 (Feb 07) 300 JACKSON, BEVERLY Book Review. The Practice of Patient Education: A Case Study Approach 86 (Dec 07) 1063 JENNINGS, JANE; FOSTER, JAN Medication safety: just a label away 86 (Oct 07) 618. Letter 86 (Dec 07) 939. Letter 86 (Dec 07) 940 JOHN, TRACEY; COLVIN, ROSLYN; FERRALL, BRIT Improving the management and delivery of bedside patent ductus arteriosus ligation 86 (Aug 07) 231 JOHNSON, FAY C; BOYLES, PEGGY Designing an OR tour for Perioperative Nurse Week (Educ Innov) 86 (Sep 07) 448 JONES, JACKIE H Patient illiteracy (Spec Needs) 85 (May 07) 951 KELLEY, STEPHEN P Letter. Error in antibiotic recommendations 85 (Apr 07) 711 KENYON, TRUDY AG; GLUESING, REBECCA E; WHITE, KAREN Y; DUNKEL, WANDA L; BURLINGAME, BYRON L On call: alert or unsafe? A report of the AORN On-Call Electronic Task Force 86 (Oct 07) 630 KHRAIM, FADI M The wider scope of video-assisted thorascopic surgery (CE) 85 (Jun 07) 1199

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KNIBBE, HANNEKE J jt auth see Meijsen, Paul 86 (Aug 07) 193 jt auth see Meijsen, Paul 86 (Sep 07) 399 LAMONTE, MARY K Test-taking strategies for CNOR certification 85 (Feb 07) 315 LANDIS, KIT L; LOAR, CHRISTINE W Project New Hope: volunteers caring for children in need 86 (Nov 07) 769 LANGE, PATRICIA jt auth see Ingoe, Renee (CE) 85 (Feb 07) 300 LAUSTSEN, GARY Reduce—recycle—reuse: guidelines for promoting perioperative waste management 85 (Apr 07) 717. Letter 86 (Jul 07) 15 LAWRENCE, JANNA C Techniques for searching the CINAHL database using the EBSCO interface 85 (Apr 07) 779 LEE, HYUN J jt auth see Park, Hyeoun-Ae 86 (Sep 07) 424 LEE, VERONIKIA jt auth see Thompson, Julia A 86 (Nov 07) 745 LENTH, ANNIE jt auth see Ferrill, Christine 85 (Jun 07) 1124 jt auth see Hayne, Lynn J 85 (Jun 07) 1083 LEONE, WILLIAM jt auth see Brogmus, George 86 (Sep 07) 384 LEVINSON, WENDY jt auth see Espin, Sherry 85 (Mar 07) 527 LINGARD, LORELEI jt auth see Espin, Sherry 85 (Mar 07) 527 LOAR, CHRISTINE W jt auth see Landis, Kit L 86 (Nov 07) 769 LORANGER, DENISE jt auth see Pelter, Michele M 85 (May 07) 931 MANUS, DANAE A jt auth see Marshall, David A 86 (Dec 07) 994 MARSHALL, DAVID A; MANUS, DANAE A A team training program using human factors to enhance patient safety 86 (Dec 07) 994 MEIJSEN, PAUL; KNIBBE, HANNEKE J Prolonged standing in the OR: a Dutch research study 86 (Sep 07) 399 Work-related musculoskeletal disorders of perioperative personnel in the Netherlands 86 (Aug 07) 193 METZING, KEVIN Volunteer Coordinator invites you to the 54th Congress in Orlando 85 (Jan 07) 14 MILLER, JOAN H Book Review. Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing: A Model for Practice 85 (Feb 07) 428

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MONACHOS, CINDY L Assessing and addressing low health literacy among surgical outpatients 86 (Sep 07) 373 NAGLE, JUDITH A Knee joint preservation with autologous cartilage implantation (CE) 86 (Oct 07) 550 NEIL, JANICE A Perioperative care of the immunocompromised patient (CE) 85 (Mar 07) 544 NEWCOMB, MARIE jt auth see Parsons, Mickey L 85 (Jun 07) 1213 NEWKIRK, LAURA E jt auth see Payne, Christopher H 85 (Apr 07) 731 NIX, MARY P jt auth see Coopey, Margaret 86 (Nov 07) 857 NORTON, ELIZABETH Implementing the Universal Protocol hospitalwide 85 (Jun 07) 1187 NUSSBAUM, GEORGE F Counseling: establishing a culture of forgiveness 86 (Sep 07) 415 OBRIOT, PAM jt auth see Winters, Margo 85 (Jan 07) 152 O’CONNOR, ELLEN Book Review. A Day Book for Nurse Leaders and Mentors 86 (Sep 07) 481 Book Review. Foundations in Nursing and Health Care: Beginning Reflective Practice 85 (Feb 07) 429 O’CONNOR, KARY Book Review. A View from the Head End: Medical Cartoons to Ease the Pain 85 (May 07) 1011 OGG, MARY Blunt-tip suture needles reduce needle-stick injuries; double gloving reduces exposure risk to bloodborne pathogens; using peel packages inside containers or wrapped instrument trays; using a treatment room as a class B or class C OR (CI) 86 (Sep 07) 459 OGG, MARY; PETERSEN,CAROL Surgical hand antisepsis; hand lotions and creams; gel overlays as artificial nails; benchmarking (CI) 85 (Apr 07) 815 OLMSTEAD, JOHN; COXON, PEGGY; FALCONE, DEBORAH; IGNAS, LISA; FOSS, PAM World-class OR turnaround times: secrets uncovered 85 (May 07) 942 O’MEARA,ESTELA The effects of electronic documentation in the ambulatory surgery setting 86 (Dec 07) 970 OVERMAN, SUSAN Book Review. Unplugged: Reclaiming Our Right to Die in America 86 (Sep 07) 478

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OZBAS, AYFER jt auth see Akyuz, Nuray 85 (Jan 07) 181 PAGANA, KATHLEEN D Laboratory and diagnostic testing: a perioperative update (CE) 85 (Apr 07) 754 PANANAKI, MARIA jt auth see Sakorafas, George H 85 (Jan 07) 137 jt auth see Sakorafas, George H 85 (Feb 07) 280 PAPE, TESS M Creating an inviting perioperative learning experience 85 (Feb 07) 354 PARK, HYEOUN-AE; LEE, HYUN J; YOON, KESOOK The Perioperative Nursing Data Set in Korean: translation, validation, and testing 86 (Sep 07) 424 PARSONS, MICKEY L; NEWCOMB, MARIE Developing a healthy OR workplace 85 (Jun 07) 1213 PASHLEY, HELEN S Book Review. What to Do When a Loved One Dies: A Practical and Compassionate Guide to Dealing with Death on Life’s Terms 85 (Jan 07) 203 PATTEN, STEPHEN Letter. The clinical nurse specialist role 85 (Apr 07) 711. Response 85 (Apr 07) 712 PATTERSON, JAN Living the mission: medical assistance to Nigeria 86 (Nov 07) 735 PAYNE, CHRISTOPHER H; SMITH, CHRISTOPHER R; NEWKIRK, LAURA E; HICKS, RODNEY W Pediatric medication errors in the postanesthesia care unit: analysis of MEDMARX data (CE) 85 (Apr 07) 731 PELLETIER, LORI A Book Review. Getting Your Way Every Day: Mastering the Lost Art of Pure Persuasion 86 (Oct 07) 678 PELTER, MICHELE M; STEPHENS, KIMBERLY E; LORANGER, DENISE An evaluation of a numbered surgical sponge product 85 (May 07) 931 PENNINGTON, ALIESHA Letter. Using a leading zero with decimals 86 (Dec 07) 939 PEROS, GEORGE jt auth see Sakorafas, George H 85 (Jan 07) 137 jt auth see Sakorafas, George H 85 (Feb 07) 280 PETERSEN, CAROL jt auth see Ogg, Mary 85 (Apr 07) 815 PORTMAN, HARRIET jt auth see Baril, Patrice 86 (Oct 07) 609 RADFORD, MARY

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Book Review. The Best Medicine: Book of Cartoons 86 (Aug 07) 297 REGEHR, GLENN jt auth see Espin, Sherry 85 (Mar 07) 527 Ricks, Elizabeth Wrist arthroscopy (CE) 86 (Aug 07) 181 ROTHROCK, JANE C Attracting and keeping new graduates (Ed) 85 (Jun 07) 1063 SAKORAFAS, GEORGE H; TSIOTOU, ADELAIS G; PANANAKI, MARIA; PEROS, GEORGE The role of surgery in the management of septic shock—extra-abdominal causes of sepsis (CE) 85 (Jan 07) 137 The role of surgery in the management of septic shock—intra-abdominal causes of sepsis (CE) 85 (Feb 07) 280 SAVER, CYNTHIA Guest Series: Writing for Publication. More strategies for enhancing your message 85 (Jan 07) 131 Guest Series: Writing for Publication. Ten tips for successful writing and article submission 85 (Feb 07) 273. Letter 85 (Apr 07) 714 SCHERFFIUS, JO ANN Book Review. Clinical Research in Practice: A Guide for the Bedside Scientist 85 (Apr 07) 833 Book Review. Coaching for Emotional Intelligence: The Secret to Developing the Star Potential in Your Employees 86 (Aug 07) 293 SCHNEIDER, TODD jt auth see White, Anne 85 (Jan 07) 173 SEIFERT, PATRICIA C; COLLINS, JILL Surgery for atrial fibrillation (CE) 86 (Jul 07) 23 SHIELDS, LINDA Family-centered care in the perioperative area: an international perspective 85 (May 07) 893 SIMMONS, DEBORA jt auth see Beyea, Suzanne C 85 (Mar 07) 633 SION, BARBARA A jt auth see Winthrop, Thomas G 85 (Mar 07) 566 SMITH, CHRISTOPHER R jt auth see Payne, Christopher H 85 (Apr 07) 731 SMITHERS, JIM Rationales for developing a perioperative web-based resource: informatics in action 86 (Aug 07) 239 SNYDER, VICKIE Book Review. Priorities in Critical Care Nursing 85 (Jun 07) 1242 SOUERS, CHARLOTTE A Bolivian medical mission experience 86 (Nov 07) 759 AORN JOURNAL •

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STEELMAN, VICTORIA Informed consent for use of allograft tissues; documentation of purchased tissue; organ compatibility (CI) 85 (May 07) 957 STEELMAN, VICTORIA; BLANCHARD, JOAN; DENHOLM, BONNIE; CONNER, RAMONA Dropping a cranial bone flap; rigid sterilization containers; tourniquet cuffs; OR air exchanges (CI) 85 (Jun 07) 1225 STEIERT, MARY JO W The beginning of a visionary transitional period (PM) 85 (Apr 07) 705 Correct patient, procedure, and site—every time (PM) 85 (Jun 07) 1061 Disaster preparedness (PM) 86 (Aug 07) 175 Giving thanks and giving of ourselves (PM) 86 (Nov 07) 727 Leading with a passion (PM) 86 (Jul 07) 11 Opportunities for shaping the future (PM) 86 (Sep 07) 347 Planning ahead to celebrate Perioperative Nurse Week (PM) 86 (Oct 07) 543 Reflecting on 2007 and preparing for 2008 (PM) 86 (Dec 07) 931 Renewing and sharing your passion (PM) 85 (May 07) 883 [STEIERT, MARY JO W] Meet the new AORN President 85 (May 07) 889 STEIN, PATRICIA Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (CE) 85 (Mar 07) 509 Letter 86 (Sep 07) 355. Response 86 (Sep 07) 355 STEPHENS, KIMBERLY E jt auth see Pelter, Michele M 85 (May 07) 931 STERCHI, L SUZANNE Perceptions that affect physician-nurse collaboration in the perioperative setting 86 (Jul 07) 45 STREBECK, JAMIE Book Review. Acute & Chronic Wounds: Current Management Concepts 86 (Oct 07) 677 STYER, KRISTIN A Development of a unit-based practice committee: a form of shared governance 86 (Jul 07) 85 TAYLOR, ELAINE Infant perioperative patients (Spec Needs) 86 (Nov 07) 843 THOMAS, LYNNE A Letter. Flash sterilization 86 (Dec 07) 939 THOMPSON, JULIA A Why work in perioperative nursing? Baby Boomers and Generation Xers tell all 86 (Oct 07) 564

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THOMPSON, JULIA A; LEE, VERONIKIA The effect of health insurance disparities on the health care system 86 (Nov 07) 745 TIDWELL, JANET Book Review. The Manager’s Question and Answer Book 85 (Feb 07) 427 TIMMONS, LINDA J Mentoring high school students in a perioperative setting 85 (Apr 07) 747 TOMAS, LYVIA C jt auth see Gao, Song 86 (Nov 07) 827 TRICE, LUCY B; BRANDVOLD, CATHERINE; BRUNO, ELIZABETH Practice and education: partnering to address the perioperative nursing shortage 86 (Aug 07) 259 TROUP, LINDA The USNS MERCY’s Southeast Asia humanitarian cruise: the perioperative experience 86 (Nov 07) 781 TSIOTOU, ADELAIS G jt auth see Sakorafas, George H 85 (Jan 07) 137 jt auth see Sakorafas, George H 85 (Feb 07) 280 VAN WICKLIN, SHARON A Book Review. Daily Miracles: Stories and Practices of Humanity and Excellence in Health Care 86 (Oct 07) 675 jt auth see Cantrell, Shirley W 86 (Oct 07) 590 VAN WICKLIN, SHARON A; WARD, KAREN S; CANTRELL, SHIRLEY W Implementing a research utilization plan for prevention of deep vein thrombosis 83 (Jun 06) 1353. Letter 85 (Feb 07) 265. Response 85 (Feb 07) 266 VARDARO, NANCY Transforming the OR into a classroom: Live From . . . Kidney Transplant (Educ Innov) 86 (Dec 07) 1027 VAUGHN, FELICIA; WICHOWSKI, HARRIET; BOSWORTH, GERRY Does preoperative anxiety level predict postoperative pain? 85 (Mar 07) 589 WARD, KAREN S jt auth see Cantrell, Shirley W 86 (Oct 07) 590 WHEELER, ROSEMARIE Book Review. Making a Difference: Stories from the Point of Care 85 (Feb 07) 427 WHITE, ANNE; SCHNEIDER,TODD Improving compliance with prophylactic antibiotic administration guidelines 85 (Jan 07) 173. Letter 85 (Apr 07) 711 WHITE, KAREN Y jt auth see Kenyon, Trudy AG 86 (Oct 07) 630

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WICHOWSKI, HARRIET jt auth see Vaughn, Felicia 85 (Mar 07) 589 WINTERS, MARGO; OBRIOT, PAM Mitral valve repair (CE) 85 (Jan 07) 152 WINTHROP, THOMAS G; SION, BARBARA A; GAINES, CLIFFORD Loaner instrumentation: processing the unknown 85 (Mar 07) 566 WRIGHT, IMELDA Cerebral aneurysm—treatment and perioperative nursing care (CE) 85 (Jun 07) 1172. Letter 86 (Sep 07) 354. Correction 86 (Sep 07) 356 YOON, KESOOK jt auth see Park, Hyeoun-Ae 86 (Sep 07) 424 ZAHIDANI, SHUJA H Book Review. Nursing Care of the Pediatric Surgical Patient 86 (Dec 07) 1061

SUBJECT SECTION Abnormalities, Heart see HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL ACCIDENTAL FALLS Best practices in OR suite layout and equipment choices to reduce slips, trips, and falls (CE) (Brogmus) 86 (Sep 07) 384 ACCOUNTABILITY Circulating duties; construction guidelines; medication packaging and labeling; case cart decontamination (CI) (Giarrizzo-Wilson) 86 (Jul 07) 103 Acquisition of Products see PRODUCT ACQUI SITION Administration see MANAGEMENT ADVERSE HEALTH CARE EVENT I’ll Google that (Ed) (Hamlin) 86 (Dec 07) 933 Aged Care see GERONTOLOGIC CARE AHRQ (US) see UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY AIR CONDITIONING Circulating duties; construction guidelines; medication packaging and labeling; case cart decontamination (CI) (Giarrizzo-Wilson) 86 (Jul 07) 103 Dropping a cranial bone flap; rigid sterilization containers; tourniquet cuffs; OR air exchanges (CI) (Steelman) 85 (Jun 07) 1225 ALCOHOL, ETHYL Surgical hand antisepsis; hand lotions and creams; gel overlays as artificial nails; benchmarking (CI) (Ogg) 85 (Apr 07) 815 ALLOGRAFTS Informed consent for use of allograft tissues;

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documentation of purchased tissue; organ compatibility (CI) (Steelman) 85 (May 07) 957 ALTRUISM Giving thanks and giving of ourselves (PM) (Steiert) 86 (Nov 07) 727 AMBULATORY SURGERY Effect of music therapy on stress response to day surgery; patient preferences in preoperative bowel preparation; use of hydroxylated polyvinyl acetyl tampons in thyroid surgery; risk factors for endophthalmitis after cataract extraction (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Oct 07) 671 The effects of electronic documentation in the ambulatory surgery setting (O’Meara) 86 (Dec 07) 970 Examining medication errors in outpatient surgery—focus on adult population (PSF) 86 (Oct 07) 667 Ambulatory Surgery Facilities see SURGICENTERS ANESTHESIA, LOCAL Recommended practices for managing the patient receiving local anesthesia 85 (May 07) 965 ANESTHESIOLOGISTS Book Review. A View from the Head End: Medical Cartoons to Ease the Pain (O’Connor) 85 (May 07) 1011 ANESTHETICS, LOCAL Innovations in postoperative pain management: continuous infusion of local anesthetics (CE) (Banks) 85 (May 07) 904 Aneurysm, Cerebral see CEREBRAL ANEURYSM ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS Cell saver blood transfusions; colorectal surgery antibiotic prophylaxis; preoperative clinics; colonoscopy failure rates (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Apr 07) 823 Improving compliance with prophylactic antibiotic administration guidelines (White) 85 (Jan 07) 173. Letter 85 (Apr 07) 711 Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; surgical errors; hepatitis B vaccination; feasibility of sharpless surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Jan 07) 197 Antibiotic Resistance see DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY Does preoperative anxiety level predict postoperative pain? (Vaughn) 85 (Mar 07) 589 Antimicrobial Prophylaxis see ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS

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ANXIETY Book Review. Living Well With Anxiety: What Your Doctor Doesn’t Tell You . . . That You Need to Know (Gerdes) 85 (May 07) 1011 Anxiety, Anticipatory see ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY AORN AORN awards 85 (Jan 07) 60 AORN Board of Directors 85 (Jan 07) 19 AORN Foundation (Harbin) 85 (Jun 07) 1165 AORN guidance statement: Mass casualty, triage, and evacuation 85 (Apr 07) 792 AORN guidance statement: The value of clinical learning activities in the perioperative setting in undergraduate nursing curricula 86 (Aug 07) 265 AORN guideline for prevention of venous stasis 85 (Mar 07) 607 AORN Nominating Committee 85 (Jan 07) 62 Attracting and keeping new graduates (Ed) (Rothrock) 85 (Jun 07) 1063 The beginning of a visionary transitional period (PM) (Steiert) 85 (Apr 07) 705 Board approves budget, committees, new documents (BR) (Flowers) 85 (Feb 07) 269 Board reviews conference plans, technology updates (BR) (Flowers) 85 (Jun 07) 1067 Board revises mission and vision statements (BR) (Flowers) 86 (Dec 07) 941 Congress awards (Ferrill) 85 (Jun 07) 1149 Congress bookstore 85 (Feb 07) 381 Congress Closing Session (Holm) 07) 1169 Congress delegate duties 85 (Jan 07) 98 Congress education session updates 85 (Feb 07) 369 Congress education sessions 85 (Jan 07) 31 Congress education sessions (Hayne) 85 (Jun 07) 1083 Congress events 85 (Jan 07) 101 Congress exhibitor listings 85 (Jan 07) 111 Congress General Sessions (Hayne) 85 (Jun 07) 1113 Congress group meetings 85 (Feb 07) 372 Congress highlights (Ferrill) 85 (Jun 07) 1071 Congress information and services 85 (Jan 07) 26 Congress Opening Session (Holm) 85 (Jun 07) 1079 Congress posters 85 (Jun 07) 1155 Congress registration 85 (Jan 07) 23 Congress specialty assembly meetings 85 (Feb 07) 375 Congress student and faculty sessions (Ferrill) 85 (Jun 07) 1124

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Correct patient, procedure, and site—every time (PM) (Steiert) 85 (Jun 07) 1061 Disaster preparedness (PM) (Steiert) 86 (Aug 07) 175 Do you know what you don’t know? (Ed) (Girard) 86 (Aug 07) 177 Exhibit Floor education 85 (Jan 07) 58 Forum and House agenda 85 (Jan 07) 88 Giving thanks and giving of ourselves (PM) (Steiert) 86 (Nov 07) 727 How important are you? (Ed) (Girard) 85 (May 07) 887 I’ll Google that (Ed) (Hamlin) 86 (Dec 07) 933 Leading with a passion (PM) (Steiert) 86 (Jul 07) 11 Meet the new AORN President 85 (May 07) 889 Multitasking: how much is too much? (Ed) (Girard) 85 (Mar 07) 505 Neologisms and genericized words in everyday language (Ed) (Girard) 85 (Apr 07) 709 Opportunities for shaping the future (PM) (Steiert) 86 (Sep 07) 347 Out with the old and in with the new (Ed) 85 (Jan 07) 11 Passion for your profession (PM) (Graling) 85 (Feb 07) 257 Perioperative nurses aid in the fight against global poverty (Ed) (Girard) 86 (Nov 07) 731 Planning ahead to celebrate Perioperative Nurse Week (PM) (Steiert) 86 (Oct 07) 543 Position Statements 85 (Jan 07) 91 Recommended practices for managing the patient receiving local anesthesia 85 (May 07) 965 Recommended practices for prevention of transmissible infections in the perioperative practice setting 85 (Feb 07) 383 Recommended practices for reducing radiological exposure in the perioperative practice setting 85 (May 07) 989 Recommended practices for selection and use of packaging systems for sterilization 85 (Apr 07) 801 Recommended practices for the prevention of unplanned perioperative hypothermia 85 (May 07) 972 Recommended practices for the use of the pneumatic tourniquet in the perioperative practice setting 86 (Oct 07) 640 Reflecting on 2007 and preparing for 2008 (PM) (Steiert) 86 (Dec 07) 931 Renewing and sharing your passion (PM) (Steiert) 85 (May 07) 883

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Resolve to promote your practice in the New Year (Ed) (Graling) 85 (Jan 07) 9 Science fiction comes to the OR (Ed) (Girard) 86 (Sep 07) 351 Slate of candidates 85 (Jan 07) 65 Special thanks to the 2007 AORN Journal peer reviewers 86 (Dec 07) 936 Surgical conscience: still pertinent (Ed) (Girard) 86 (Jul 07) 13 2008 Congress information 86 (Dec 07) 1032 2008 Slate of candidates 86 (Sep 07) 359 Tuberculosis is making a comeback (Ed) (Girard) 85 (Feb 07) 26. Correction 85 (May 07) 888 The view from the other side (Ed) (Girard) 86 (Oct 07) 545 Volunteer Coordinator invites you to the 54th Congress in Orlando (Metzing) 95 (Jan 07) 14 A year of promoting the perioperative nursing profession (PM) (Graling) 85 (Mar 07) 501 Aortocoronary Bypass see CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS ARTHROPLASTY Obesity and perioperative complications in spine surgery; figrastim prophylaxis in high-risk colorectal cancer patients; exposure to radiation when using mini-C-arm fluoroscopy; retransfusion of filtered shed blood in arthroplasty surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Aug 07) 291 ARTHROSCOPY Wrist arthroscopy (CE) (Ricks) 86 (Aug 07) 181 Articular Cartilage see CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR ASEPSIS Effect of perioperative immunonutrition in colorectal surgery; sterility and use of surgical site markers; surgeons’ habits in wearing scrub attire outside the OR area; shaving the surgical site before spinal surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Nov 07) 865 ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN The USNS MERCY’s Southeast Asia humanitarian cruise: the perioperative experience (Troup) 86 (Nov 07) 781 ATRIAL FIBRILLATION—SURGERY Surgery for atrial fibrillation (CE) (Seifert) 86 (Jul 07) 23 ATTENTION Distractions and interruptions in the OR: Evidence for practice (PSF) (Beyea) 86 (Sep 07) 465 Distractions, interruptions, and patient safety

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(PSF) (Beyea) 86 (Jul 07) 109 Noise: a distraction, interruption, and safety hazard (PSF) (Beyea) 86 (Aug 07) 281 Auricular Fibrillation see ATRIAL FIBRILLATION Autotransfusion see BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS AWARDS AND HONORS Congress awards 85 (Jan 07) 60 Congress awards (Ferrill) 85 (Jun 07) 1149 BABY BOOMERS Why work in perioperative nursing? Baby Boomers and Generation Xers tell all (Thompson) 86 (Oct 07) 564 Baccalaureate Nursing Students see STUDENTS, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE Bedside, Patient see PATIENT BEDSIDE BENCHMARKING Surgical hand antisepsis; hand lotions and creams; gel overlays as artificial nails; benchmarking (CI) (Ogg) 85 (Apr 07) 815 BIOLOGICAL WARFARE Book Review. Bioterrorism Guidebook to the Seven Deadliest Diseases (Bedison) 85 (Jun 07) 1241 BIOPSY Needle-stick injuries among surgical residents; Disinfection of equipment used for prostate biopsy; reducing bleeding and pain during epidural catheter insertion; controlling bleeding during liver resection (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Sep 07) 469 Bleeding see HEMORRHAGE BLOOD CONSERVATION Preventing infections; radio frequency identification; spray disinfection; reducing allogeneic transfusions (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Mar 07) 637 Talc pleurodesis; acute normovolemic hemodilution; laparoscopic cholecystectomy; blood ultra filtration (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Feb 07) 419 BLOOD TRANSFUSION Cell saver blood transfusions; colorectal surgery antibiotic prophylaxis; preoperative clinics; colonoscopy failure rates (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Apr 07) 823 Preventing infections; radio frequency identification; spray disinfection; reducing allogeneic transfusions (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Mar 07) 637 Talc pleurodesis; acute normovolemic hemodilution; laparoscopic cholecystectomy;

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blood ultra filtration (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Feb 07) 419 BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS Obesity and perioperative complications in spine surgery; figrastim prophylaxis in high-risk colorectal cancer patients; exposure to radiation when using mini-C-arm fluoroscopy; retransfusion of filtered shed blood in arthroplasty surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Aug 07) 291 BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; surgical errors; hepatitis B vaccination; feasibility of sharpless surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Jan 07) 197 Body Warming Techniques see WARMING TECHNIQUES BOLIVIA A Bolivian medical mission experience (Souers) 86 (Nov 07) 759 BONE DISEASES Book Review. One Hundred Orthopedic Conditions Every Doctor Should Understand (Heacock) 86 (Jul 07) 123 BONE TRANSPLANTATION Informed consent for use of allograft tissues; documentation of purchased tissue; organ compatibility (CI) (Steelman) 85 (May 07) 957 BOOK REVIEWS Book Review. Acute & Chronic Wounds: Current Management Concepts 86 (Oct 07) 677 Book Review. The Art of Connecting: How to Overcome Differences, Build Rapport, and Communicate Effectively with Anyone (Freeman) 86 (Jul 07) 121 Book Review. The Best Medicine: Book of Cartoons (Radford) 86 (Aug 07) 297 Book Review. Bioterrorism Guidebook to the Seven Deadliest Diseases (Bedison) 85 (Jun 07) 1241 Book Review. Building on the Promise of Diversity: How We Can Move to the Next Level in Our Workplaces, Our Communities, and Our Society (Hamilton) 86 (Jul 07) 122 Book Review. Clinical Research in Practice: A Guide for the Bedside Scientist (Scherffius) 85 (Apr 07) 833 Book Review. Coaching for Emotional Intelligence: The Secret to Developing the Star Potential in Your Employees (Scherffius) 86 (Aug 07) 293 Book Review. Competencies for Management of the Operating Room (Hembree) 85 (Mar 07) 645

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Book Review. Daily Miracles: Stories and Practices of Humanity and Excellence in Health Care (Van Wicklin) 86 (Oct 07) 675 Book Review. A Day Book for Nurse Leaders and Mentors (O’Connor) 86 (Sep 07) 481 Book Review. Drug Information Handbook for Perioperative Nursing (Hennessey) 86 (Jul 07) 119 Book Review. Foundations in Nursing and Health Care: Beginning Reflective Practice (O’Connor) 85 (Feb 07) 429 Book Review. Foundations in Nursing and Health Care: Study Skills in Health Care (Davidson-Wilson) 85 (Apr 07) 833 Book Review. Foundations in Nursing and Health Care: Writing Skills in Health Care (Harvey) 85 (Mar 07) 645 Book Review. Getting Your Way Every Day: Mastering the Lost Art of Pure Persuasion (Pelletier) 86 (Oct 07) 679 Book Review. Living Well With Anxiety: What Your Doctor Doesn’t Tell You . . . that You Need to Know (Gerdes) 85 (May 07) 1011 Book Review. Making a Difference: Stories from the Point of Care (Wheeler) 85 (Feb 07) 427 Book Review. The Manager’s Question and Answer Book (Tidwell) 85 (Feb 07) 427 Book Review. Mosby’s Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference (Frydendall) 86 (Sep 07) 479 Book Review. The New Medicine$: How Drugs Are Created, Approved, Marketed, and Sold (Collins) 86 (Aug 07) 295 Book Review. Nursing Care of the Pediatric Surgical Patient (Zahidani) 86 (Dec 07) 1061 Book Review. One Hundred Orthopedic Conditions Every Doctor Should Understand (Heacock) 86 (Jul 07) 123 Book Review. Partnering With Patients to Reduce Medical Errors (Battalora) 85 (Jan 07) 204 Book Review. Perioperative Pharmacology Reference Book and Perioperative Pharmacology Pocket Guide (Hennessey) 86 (Dec 07) 1062 Book Review. The Practice of Patient Education: A Case Study Approach (Jackson) 86 (Dec 07) 1063 Book Review. Priorities in Critical Care Nursing (Snyder) 85 (Jun 07) 1242 Book Review. Save the First Dance for You—The Complete Nurses Guide to Serving Your Profession, Your Patients, and Yourself (Harvey) 86 (Aug 07) 294 Book Review. The Stem Cell Divide (Beckwith)

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86 (Sep 07) 477 Book Review. Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing: A Model for Practice (Miller) 85 (Feb 07) 428 Book Review. Unplugged: Reclaiming Our Right to Die in America (Overman) 86 (Sep 07) 478 Book Review. A View from the Head End: Medical Cartoons to Ease the Pain (O’Connor) 85 (May 07) 1011 Book Review. What Every New Manager Needs to Know: Making a Successful Transition to Management (Davis) 85 (Apr 07) 831 Book Review. What to Do When a Loved One Dies: A Practical and Compassionate Guide to Dealing with Death on Life’s Terms (Pashley) 85 (Jan 07) 203 Book Review. Women’s Health Concerns Sourcebook (Austin) 86 (Oct 07) 676. Correction 86 (Dec 07) 940 Bowel Obstruction see INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION BOWEL PREPARATION Effect of music therapy on stress response to day surgery; patient preferences in preoperative bowel preparation; use of hydroxylated polyvinyl acetyl tampons in thyroid surgery; risk factors for endophthalmitis after cataract extraction (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Oct 07) 671 Perineural catheters; bowel preparation; watertight sealant for dural repair; familycentered surgical care (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (May 07) 1003 Brain Aneurysm see CEREBRAL ANEURYSM BRAIN SURGERY Effect of meperidine and skin surface warming on shivering; mild hypothermia during intercranial aneurysm surgery; oxygenation after coronary artery bypass artery surgery; perioperative hypothermia and risk of cancer metastasis (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Jul 07) 113 BREAST—SURGERY Preventing infections; radio frequency identification; spray disinfection; reducing allogeneic transfusions (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Mar 07) 637 BULLETIN BOARDS Deep vein thrombosis; cloth hats; corkboards in the OR; count sheets in charts (CI) (Burlingame) 85 (Jan 07) 189 BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL Book Review. Save the First Dance for You—The Complete Nurses Guide to Serving Your Profession, Your Patients, and Yourself (Harvey) 86 (Aug 07) 294

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CABG see CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS Cancer Metastasis see NEOPLASM METASTASIS Cardiac Surgery see HEART SURGERY Care Plans, Nursing see NURSING CARE PLANS CARING Book Review. Daily Miracles: Stories and Practices of Humanity and Excellence in Health Care (Van Wicklin) 86 (Oct 07) 675 Book Review. Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing: A Model for Practice (Miller) 85 (Feb 07) 428 CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR Knee joint preservation with autologous cartilage implantation (CE) (Nagle) 86 (Oct 07) 550 CATARACT EXTRACTION—ADVERSE EFFECTS Effect of music therapy on stress response to day surgery; patient preferences in preoperative bowel preparation; use of hydroxylated polyvinyl acetyl tampons in thyroid surgery; risk factors for endophthalmitis after cataract extraction (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Oct 07) 671 CATHETERS Perineural catheters; bowel preparation; watertight sealant for dural repair; familycentered surgical care (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (May 07) 1003 CATHETERS AND TUBES—UTILIZATION Caution: tubing misconnections can be deadly (PSF) 85 (Mar 07) 633 Catheters, Epidural see EPIDURAL CATHETERS CEREBRAL ANEURYSM Cerebral aneurysm—treatment and perioperative nursing care (CE) (Wright) 85 (Jun 07) 1172. Letter 86 (Sep 07) 354. Correction 86 (Sep 07) 356 Effect of meperidine and skin surface warming on shivering; mild hypothermia during intercranial aneurysm surgery; oxygenation after coronary artery bypass artery surgery; perioperative hypothermia and risk of cancer metastasis (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Jul 07) 113 CERTIFICATION Test-taking strategies for CNOR certification (Lamonte) 85 (Feb 07) 315 CEU see EDUCATION, CONTINUING (CREDIT) CHANGE MANAGEMENT Using Six Sigma and Lean methodologies to

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improve OR throughput (Fairbanks) 86 (Jul 07) 73 Change, Organizational see ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE CHEMOTHERAPY, CANCER Intraoperative chemotherapy; name tag lanyards in the OR; credentialing guidelines for RN first assistants (CI) (Burlingame) 86 (Dec 07) 1041 CHLORHEXIDINE Surgical prep products; obesity and postoperative complications; flammability of drapes; atypical mycobacterial infection (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Jun 07) 1235 CINAHL DATABASE Techniques for searching the CINAHL database using the EBSCO interface (Lawrence) 85 (Apr 07) 779 Circulating Nurses see PERIOPERATIVE NURSING Client Centered Care see PATIENT CENTERED CARE Clinical Learning Environment see LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, CLINICAL CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALISTS Perioperative clinical nurse specialist role delineation: a systematic review (Glover) 84 (Dec 06) 1017. Letter 85 (Apr 07) 711. Response 85 (Apr 07) 712 Clinical Practice Guidelines see PRACTICE GUIDELINES CLINICAL RESEARCH Book Review. Clinical Research in Practice: A Guide for the Bedside Scientist (Scherffius) 85 (Apr 07) 833 Factors influencing perioperative nurses’ error reporting preferences (Espin) 85 (Mar 07) 527. Letter 86 (Sep 07) 354 Pediatric medication errors in the postanesthesia care unit: analysis of MEDMARX data (CE) (Payne) 85 (Apr 07) 731 Perceptions that affect physician-nurse collaboration in the perioperative setting (Sterchi) 86 (Jul 07) 45 The Perioperative Nursing Data Set in Korean: translation, validation, and testing (Park) 86 (Sep 07) 424 Prolonged standing in the OR: a Dutch research study (Meijsen) 86 (Sep 07) 399 Why work in perioperative nursing? Baby Boomers and Generation Xers tell all (Thompson) 86 (Oct 07) 564 Work-related musculoskeletal disorders of

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perioperative personnel in the Netherlands (Meijsen) 86 (Aug 07) 193 CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE Construction in the OR; Clostridium difficile; instrument tracking; antibiotic resistance (CI) (Blanchard) 85 (Mar 07) 627 CLOTHING Intraoperative chemotherapy; name tag lanyards in the OR; credentialing guidelines for RN first assistants (CI) (Burlingame) 86 (Dec 07) 1041 Clothing, Protective see PROTECTIVE CLOTHING COLLABORATION Collaborative leadership in product evaluation (Halvorson) 85 (Feb 07) 334 Perceptions that affect physician-nurse collaboration in the perioperative setting (Sterchi) 86 (Jul 07) 45 COLOMBIA Reuse and recycling practices in a Colombian hospital (Arevalo) 86 (Nov 07) COLON—SURGERY Cell saver blood transfusions; colorectal surgery antibiotic prophylaxis; preoperative clinics; colonoscopy failure rates (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Apr 07) 823 Effect of perioperative immunonutrition in colorectal surgery; sterility and use of surgical site markers; surgeons’ habits in wearing scrub attire outside the OR area; shaving the surgical site before spinal surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Nov 07) 865 Colon Preparation see BOWEL PREPARATION Colony-Forming Cells see STEM CELLS Colony-Stimulating Factor, Granulocytic see GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR COLONOSCOPY Cell saver blood transfusions; colorectal surgery antibiotic prophylaxis; preoperative clinics; colonoscopy failure rates (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Apr 07) 823 COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS Obesity and perioperative complications in spine surgery; figrastim prophylaxis in high-risk colorectal cancer patients; exposure to radiation when using mini-C-arm fluoroscopy; retransfusion of filtered shed blood in arthroplasty surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Aug 07) 291 Communicable Disease Control see INFECTION CONTROL

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COMMUNICATION Book Review. Getting Your Way Every Day: Mastering the Lost Art of Pure Persuasion (Pelletier) 86 (Oct 07) 679 Distractions and interruptions in the OR: Evidence for practice (PSF) (Beyea) 86 (Sep 07) 465 Distractions, interruptions, and patient safety (PSF) (Beyea) 86 (Jul 07) 109 Noise: a distraction, interruption, and safety hazard (PSF) (Beyea) 86 (Aug 07) 281 Verbal medication orders in the OR (Hendrickson) 86 (Oct 07) 626 COMMUNICATION SKILLS Book Review. The Art of Connecting: How to Overcome Differences, Build Rapport, and Communicate Effectively with Anyone (Freeman) 86 (Jul 07) 121 COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES Using ultraviolet lighting to decrease the rate of infections; patient positioning and its effect on acute leg compartment syndrome; reprocessing external fixation components; the safety of reusing sterilized endotracheal tubes (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Dec 07) 1055 Competence, Professional see PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE Complications, Postoperative see POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS Compulsive-Obsessive Disorder see OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER COMPUTERIZED LITERATURE SEARCHING Techniques for searching the CINAHL database using the EBSCO interface (Lawrence) 85 (Apr 07) 779 Concentration, Mental see ATTENTION Conferences see CONGRESSES AND CONFERENCES CONFLICT MANAGEMENT Counseling: establishing a culture of forgiveness (Nussbaum) 86 (Sep 07) 415 Congenital Heart Disease see HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL CONGRESSES AND CONFERENCES Opportunities for shaping the future (PM) (Steiert) 86 (Sep 07) 347 Resolve to promote your practice in the New Year (Ed) (Graling) 85 (Jan 07) 9 CONSCIENCE Surgical conscience: still pertinent (Ed) (Girard) 86 (Jul 07) 13 CONSENT Informed consent for use of allograft tissues;

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documentation of purchased tissue; organ compatibility (CI) (Steelman) 85 (May 07) 957 CONSUMER PARTICIPATION Book Review. Partnering With Patients to Reduce Medical Errors (Battalora) 85 (Jan 07) 204 Encouraging patients to participate in their health care (PSF) (Beyea) 85 (Jun 07) 1231 Consumer-Provider Relations see VENDOR RELATIONS Continuing Education, Credit see EDUCATION, CONTINUING (CREDIT) Conventions see CONGRESSES AND CONFERENCES CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS Effect of meperidine and skin surface warming on shivering; mild hypothermia during intercranial aneurysm surgery; oxygenation after coronary artery bypass artery surgery; perioperative hypothermia and risk of cancer metastasis (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Jul 07) 113 COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS The not-so-hidden costs of surgical site infections (Barnett) 86 (Aug 07) 249 COUNSELING Counseling: establishing a culture of forgiveness (Nussbaum) 86 (Sep 07) 415 Count Procedure, Surgical see SURGICAL COUNT PROCEDURE Cranium see SKULL CREDENTIALING Intraoperative chemotherapy; name tag lanyards in the OR; credentialing guidelines for RN first assistants (CI) (Burlingame) 86 (Dec 07) 1041 CRITICAL CARE NURSING Book Review. Priorities in Critical Care Nursing (Snyder) 85 (Jun 07) 1242 Crossmatching, Tissue see HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING CULTURAL DIVERSITY Book Review. Building on the Promise of Diversity: How We Can Move to the Next Level in Our Workplaces, Our Communities, and Our Society (Hamilton) 86 (Jul 07) 122 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AORN guidance statement: The value of clinical learning activities in the perioperative setting in undergraduate nursing curricula 86 (Aug 07) 265 Practice and education: partnering to address the perioperative nursing shortage (Trice) 86 (Aug 07) 259

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Database Searching see COMPUTERIZED LITERATURE SEARCHING Day Surgery see AMBULATORY SURGERY Death with Dignity see RIGHT TO DIE DECISION MAKING, ETHICAL Surgical conscience: still pertinent (Ed) (Girard) 86 (Jul 07) 13 Deep Vein Thrombosis see VENOUS THROMBOSIS Demerol see MEPERIDINE DEPRESSION Depression and older adults (Cyr) (Spec Needs) 85 (Feb 07) 397 Design and Construction, Hospital see HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION Designs, Drug see DRUG DESIGN DIAGNOSIS, LABORATORY Laboratory and diagnostic testing: a perioperative update (CE) (Pagana) 85 (Apr 07) 754 DISASTER PLANNING Disaster preparedness (PM) (Steiert) 86 (Aug 07) 175 DISASTERS AORN guidance statement: Mass casualty, triage, and evacuation 85 (Apr 07) 792 DISEASE RESISTANCE Surgical site infection: the host factor (CE) (Fry) 86 (Nov 07) 801 Disinfection see STERILIZATION AND DISINFECTION Disinfection, Hand see HANDWASHING Distance Education see EDUCATION, NONTRADITIONAL DOCUMENTATION Documentation of the lateral position; risk of injury in the lateral position; pediatric instrument counts; colonization with methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus (CI) (Denholm) 86 (Nov 07) 851 The effects of electronic documentation in the ambulatory surgery setting (O’Meara) 86 (Dec 07) 970 Informed consent for use of allograft tissues; documentation of purchased tissue; organ compatibility (CI) (Steelman) 85 (May 07) 957 DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION High-dose-rate remote afterloaders for intraoperative radiation therapy (CE) (Gao) 86 (Nov 07) 827 Draping, Surgical see SURGICAL DRAPING DRUG ADMINISTRATION—STANDARDS Improving compliance with prophylactic

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antibiotic administration guidelines (White) 85 (Jan 07) 173. Letter 85 (Apr 07) 711 DRUG DESIGN Book Review. The New Medicine$: How Drugs Are Created, Approved, Marketed, and Sold (Collins) 86 (Aug 07) 295 Drug Development see DRUG DESIGN DRUG INFORMATION Book Review. Drug Information Handbook for Perioperative Nursing (Hennessey) 86 (Jul 07) 119 DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL Construction in the OR; Clostridium difficile; instrument tracking; antibiotic resistance (CI) (Blanchard) 85 (Mar 07) 627 Dropping a cranial bone flap; rigid sterilization containers; tourniquet cuffs; OR air exchanges (CI) (Steelman) 85 (Jun 07) 1225 Perioperative management of multidrugresistant organisms in health care settings (CE) (Grota) 86 (Sep 07) 361 DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS Improving the management and delivery of bedside patent ductus arteriosus ligation (John) 86 (Aug 07) 231 EDUCATION, CONTINUING (CREDIT) The arterial switch procedure for transposition of the great arteries (CE) (DeBord) 86 (Aug 07) 211 Best practices in OR suite layout and equipment choices to reduce slips, trips, and falls (CE) (Brogmus) 86 (Sep 07) 384 Cerebral aneurysm—treatment and perioperative nursing care (CE) (Wright) 85 (Jun 07) 1172. Letter 86 (Sep 07) 354. Correction 86 (Sep 07) 356 High-dose-rate remote afterloaders for intraoperative radiation therapy (CE) (Gao) 86 (Nov 07) 827 Innovations in postoperative pain management: continuous infusion of local anesthetics (CE) (Banks) 85 (May 07) 904 Knee joint preservation with autologous cartilage implantation (CE) (Nagle) 86 (Oct 07) 550 Laboratory and diagnostic testing: a perioperative update (CE) (Pagana) 85 (Apr 07) 754 The Ladd’s procedure for correction of intestinal malrotation with volvulus in children (CE) (Ingoe) 85 (Feb 07) 300 Mitral valve repair (CE) (Winters) 85 (Jan 07) 152 The new era of flash sterilization (CE) (Carlo) 86 (Jul 07) 58. Clarification 86 (Sep 07) 356. Letter 86 (Dec 07) 939

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Pediatric medication errors in the postanesthesia care unit: analysis of MEDMARX data (CE) (Payne) 85 (Apr 07) 731 Perioperative care of the immunocompromised patient (CE) (Neil) 85 (Mar 07) 544 Perioperative management of multidrugresistant organisms in health care settings (CE) (Grota) 86 (Sep 07) 361 Postoperative fever: to what is the body really responding? (CE) (Ballestas) 86 (Dec 07) 983 Risks associated with exposure to surgical smoke plume: A review of the literature (CE) (Bigony) 86 (Dec 07) 1013 The role of surgery in the management of septic shock—extra-abdominal causes of sepsis (CE) (Sakorafas) 85 (Jan 07) 137 The role of surgery in the management of septic shock—intra-abdominal causes of sepsis (CE) (Sakorafas) 85 (Feb 07) 280 Surgery for atrial fibrillation (CE) (Seifert) 86 (Jul 07) 23 Surgical site infection: the host factor (CE) (Fry) 86 (Nov 07) 801 Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (CE) (Stein) 85 (Mar 07) 509. Letter 86 (Sep 07) 355. Response 86 (Sep 07) 355 Translating research on venous thromboembolism into practice (CE) (Cantrell) 86 (Oct 07) 590 The wider scope of video-assisted thorascopic surgery (CE) (Khraim) 85 (Jun 07) 1199 Wrist arthroscopy (CE) (Ricks) 86 (Aug 07) 181 EDUCATION, NON-TRADITIONAL Distance learning and perioperative nursing (Gruendemann) 85 (Mar 07) 574 Education of Patients see PATIENT EDUCATION Efficiency see PRODUCTIVITY Embolism, Pulmonary see PULMONARY EMBOLISM EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE Book Review. Coaching for Emotional Intelligence: The Secret to Developing the Star Potential in Your Employees (Scherffius) 86 (Aug 07) 293 Employee Safety see OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY Employee Staffing and Scheduling see PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING ENDOSCOPY— STANDARDS Safety of personnel working in endoscopy units (Akyuz) 85 (Jan 07) 181 ENDOTRACHEAL TUBES

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Using ultraviolet lighting to decrease the rate of infections; patient positioning and its effect on acute leg compartment syndrome; reprocessing external fixation components; the safety of reusing sterilized endotracheal tubes (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Dec 07) 1055 ENTERAL NUTRITION Effect of perioperative immunonutrition in colorectal surgery; sterility and use of surgical site markers; surgeons’ habits in wearing scrub attire outside the OR area; shaving the surgical site before spinal surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Nov 07) 865 Environment, Work see WORK ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE—PREVENTION AND CONTROL Reduce—recycle—reuse: guidelines for promoting perioperative waste management (Laustsen) 85 (Apr 07) 717. Letter 86 (Jul 07) 15 EPIDURAL CATHETERS Needle-stick injuries among surgical residents; disinfection of equipment used for prostate biopsy; reducing bleeding and pain during epidural catheter insertion; controlling bleeding during liver resection (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Sep 07) 469 EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION— PREVENTION AND CONTROL Malignant hyperthermia; sterilization monitoring; sterilization indicators; multipack needle counts (CI) (Denholm) 85 (Feb 07) 403 EQUIPMENT FAILURE Preparing for electrical power system failures (PSF) (Beyea) 85 (Apr 07) 819 EQUIPMENT REUSE Reuse and recycling practices in a Colombian hospital (Arevalo) 86 (Nov 07) Using ultraviolet lighting to decrease the rate of infections; patient positioning and its effect on acute leg compartment syndrome; reprocessing external fixation components; the safety of reusing sterilized endotracheal tubes (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Dec 07) 1055 Equipment Retained see RETAINED INSTRUMENTS Erect Stance see STANDING Ethical Decision Making see DECISION MAKING, ETHICAL Ethyl Alcohol see ALCOHOL, ETHYL Evaluation, Product see PRODUCT EVALUATION

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Evidence-Based Nursing Practice see NURSING PRACTICE, EVIDENCE-BASED Evidence-Based Practice see PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE, EVIDENCE-BASED Exposure, Environmental see ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE Exposure, Occupational see OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE Failure, Equipment see EQUIPMENT FAILURE Falls, Accidental see ACCIDENTAL FALLS FAMILY CENTERED CARE Family-centered care in the perioperative area; an international perspective (Shields) 85 (May 07) 893 Perineural catheters; bowel preparation; watertight sealant for dural repair; familycentered surgical care (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (May 07) 1003 Fasting, Preprocedural see PREPROCEDURAL FASTING FEVER Postoperative fever: to what is the body really responding? (CE) (Ballestas) 86 (Dec 07) 983 Fibrillation, Atrial see ATRIAL FIBRILLATION Filgrastim see GRANULOCYTE COLONYSTIMULATING FACTOR Fingernails see NAILS Fires, Surgical see SURGICAL FIRES Flaps, Surgical see SURGICAL FLAPS FLUOROSCOPY Obesity and perioperative complications in spine surgery; figrastim prophylaxis in high-risk colorectal cancer patients; exposure to radiation when using mini-C-arm fluoroscopy; retransfusion of filtered shed blood in arthroplasty surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Aug 07) 291 FORECASTING Science fiction comes to the OR (Ed) (Girard) 86 (Sep 07) 351 FORGIVENESS Counseling: establishing a culture of forgiveness (Nussbaum) 86 (Sep 07) 415 Futurology see FORECASTING GASTRIC BYPASS Quality of life after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (Hager) 85 (Apr 07) 768 GASTROSTOMY Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; surgical errors; hepatitis B vaccination; feasibility of sharpless surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Jan 07) 197

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G-CSF see GRANULOCYTE COLONYSTIMULATING FACTOR GENERATION X Why work in perioperative nursing? Baby Boomers and Generation Xers tell all (Thompson) 86 (Oct 07) 564 GERONTOLOGIC CARE Depression and older adults (Cyr) (Spec Needs) 85 (Feb 07) 397 Global Health see WORLD HEALTH GLOVES Blunt-tip suture needles reduce needle-stick injuries; double gloving reduces exposure risk to bloodborne pathogens; using peel packages inside containers or wrapped instrument trays; using a treatment room as a class B or class C OR (CI) (Ogg) 86 (Sep 07) 459 Grafts, Allogeneic see ALLOGRAFTS Grafts, Bone see BONE TRANSPLANTATION GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR Obesity and perioperative complications in spine surgery; figrastim prophylaxis in high-risk colorectal cancer patients; exposure to radiation when using mini-C-arm fluoroscopy; retransfusion of filtered shed blood in arthroplasty surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Aug 07) 291 GRIEF Book Review. What to Do When a Loved One Dies: A Practical and Compassionate Guide to Dealing with Death on Life’s Terms (Pashley) 85 (Jan 07) 203 HAIR REMOVAL Effect of perioperative immunonutrition in colorectal surgery; sterility and use of surgical site markers; surgeons’ habits in wearing scrub attire outside the OR area; shaving the surgical site before spinal surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Nov 07) 865 HAND Surgical hand antisepsis; hand lotions and creams; gel overlays as artificial nails; benchmarking (CI) (Ogg) 85 (Apr 07) 815 HANDWASHING Surgical hand antisepsis; hand lotions and creams; gel overlays as artificial nails; benchmarking (CI) (Ogg) 85 (Apr 07) 815 Head Lice Infestation see PEDICULOSIS Health Insurance see INSURANCE, HEALTH HEALTH PROMOTION The Protecting 5 Million Lives from Harm Campaign (PSF) (Beyea) 85 (May 07) 961

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Health Resource Data Bases see RESOURCE DATA BASES, HEALTH Health Surveys see SURVEYS HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL The arterial switch procedure for transposition of the great arteries (CE) (DeBord) 86 (Aug 07) 211 Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (CE) (Stein) 85 (Mar 07) 509. Letter 86 (Sep 07 (355). Response 86 (Sep 07) 355 HEART SURGERY Cell saver blood transfusions; colorectal surgery antibiotic prophylaxis; preoperative clinics; colonoscopy failure rates (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Apr 07) 823 The arterial switch procedure for transposition of the great arteries (CE) (DeBord) 86 (Aug 07) 211 Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (CE) (Stein) 85 (Mar 07) 509. Letter 86 (Sep 07 (355). Response 86 (Sep 07) 355 HEMODILUTION Talc pleurodesis; acute normovolemic hemodilution; laparoscopic cholecystectomy; blood ultra filtration (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Feb 07) 419 HEMORRHAGE Needle-stick injuries among surgical residents; disinfection of equipment used for prostate biopsy; reducing bleeding and pain during epidural catheter insertion; controlling bleeding during liver resection (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Sep 07) 469 HEPATITIS B Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; surgical errors; hepatitis B vaccination; feasibility of sharpless surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Jan 07) 197 High-Risk Populations see SPECIAL POPULATIONS High School Students see STUDENTS, HIGH SCHOOL HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING Informed consent for use of allograft tissues; documentation of purchased tissue; organ compatibility (CI) (Steelman) 85 (May 07) 957 HOLISTIC CARE Book Review. Living Well With Anxiety: What Your Doctor Doesn’t Tell You . . . That You Need to Know (Gerdes) 85 (May 07) 1011 Holland see NETHERLANDS Honors see AWARDS AND HONORS HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

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Circulating duties; construction guidelines; medication packaging and labeling; case cart decontamination (CI) (Giarrizzo-Wilson) 86 (Jul 07) 103 Construction in the OR; Clostridium difficile; instrument tracking; antibiotic resistance (CI) (Blanchard) 85 (Mar 07) 627 Hospital Housekeeping see HOUSEKEEPING DEPARTMENT HOSPITAL SHIPS The USNS MERCY’s Southeast Asia humanitarian cruise: the perioperative experience (Troup) 86 (Nov 07) 781 Host Defense Mechanisms see DISEASE RESISTANCE HOUSEKEEPING DEPARTMENT Locking the surgical department after hours; hospital e-tool; OR turnover cleaning procedures; equipment storage in the OR (CI) (Burlingame) 86 (Aug 07) 271 HUMAN ERROR A team training program using human factors to enhance patient safety (Marshall) 86 (Dec 07) 994 Humor see WIT AND HUMOR Hyperalimentation, Enteral see ENTERAL NUTRITION Hyperthermia, Malignant see MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA HYPOTHERMIA—PREVENTION AND CONTROL Home laundering of surgical scrub attire; treatment for pediculosis; extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis; preventing unplanned perioperative hypothermia; saline irrigation in warmers; flash sterilization (CI) (Blanchard) 86 (Oct 07) 657 Recommended practices for the prevention of unplanned perioperative hypothermia 85 (May 07) 972 A team approach to the prevention of unplanned postoperative hypothermia (Bitner) 85 (May 07) 921 HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED Effect of meperidine and skin surface warming on shivering; mild hypothermia during intercranial aneurysm surgery; oxygenation after coronary artery bypass artery surgery; perioperative hypothermia and risk of cancer metastasis (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Jul 07) 113 Ileus see INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION Illiteracy see LITERACY Immunity, Natural see DISEASE RESISTANCE

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IMMUNIZATION Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; surgical errors; hepatitis B vaccination; feasibility of sharpless surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Jan 07) 197 IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST Perioperative care of the immunocompromised patient (CE) (Neil) 85 (Mar 07) 544 Surgical site infection: the host factor (CE) (Fry) 86 (Nov 07) 801 IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES Effect of perioperative immunonutrition in colorectal surgery; sterility and use of surgical site markers; surgeons’ habits in wearing scrub attire outside the OR area; shaving the surgical site before spinal surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Nov 07) 865 Implied Consent see CONSENT INCIDENT REPORTS Factors influencing perioperative nurses’ error reporting preferences (Espin) 85 (Mar 07) 527. Letter 86 (Sep 07) 354 INDICATORS AND REAGENTS Malignant hyperthermia; sterilization monitoring; sterilization indicators; multipack needle counts (CI) (Denholm) 85 (Feb 07) 403 Induced Hypothermia see HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED INFANT Infant perioperative patients (Taylor) (Spec Needs) 86 (Nov 07) 843 INFECTION CONTROL Recommended practices for prevention of transmissible infections in the perioperative practice setting 85 (Feb 07) 383 INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONERS Collaborative leadership in product evaluation (Halvorson) 85 (Feb 07) 334 Informed Consent see CONSENT Injuries, Needlestick see NEEDLESTICK INJURIES Injuries, Radiation see RADIATION INJURIES Instrument Count see SURGICAL COUNT PROCEDURE Instruments, Retained see RETAINED INSTRUMENTS Instruments, Surgical see SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS INSURANCE, HEALTH The effect of health insurance disparities on the health care system (Thompson) 86 (Nov 07) 745

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Intelligence, Emotional see EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE Intensive Care Nursing see CRITICAL CARE NURSING International Health Problems see WORLD HEALTH INTERNS AND RESIDENTS Needle-stick injuries among surgical residents; disinfection of equipment used for prostate biopsy; reducing bleeding and pain during epidural catheter insertion; controlling bleeding during liver resection (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Sep 07) 469 INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY Practice and education: partnering to address the perioperative nursing shortage (Trice) 86 (Aug 07) 259 INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION The Ladd’s procedure for correction of intestinal malrotation with volvulus in children (CE) (Ingoe) 85 (Feb 07) 300 Intracranial Aneurysm see CEREBRAL ANEURYSM INTRAOPERATIVE CARE Intraoperative chemotherapy; name tag lanyards in the OR; credentialing guidelines for RN first assistants (CI) (Burlingame) 86 (Dec 07) 1041 Intraoperative Radiotherapy see RADIOTHERAPY, INTRAOPERATIVE IORT see RADIOTHERAPY, INTRAOPERATIVE JOB DESCRIPTION Circulating duties; construction guidelines; medication packaging and labeling; case cart decontamination (CI) (Giarrizzo-Wilson) 86 (Jul 07) 103 JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS Implementing the Universal Protocol hospitalwide (Norton) 85 (Jun 07) 1187 KNEE JOINT Knee joint preservation with autologous cartilage implantation (CE) (Nagle) 86 (Oct 07) 550 KNOWLEDGE Do you know what you don’t know? (Ed) (Girard) 86 (Aug 07) 177 Preoperative fasting: knowledge and perceptions (Baril) 86 (Oct 07) 609 Labeling, Product see PRODUCT LABELING Laboratory Diagnosis see DIAGNOSIS, LABORATORY

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LANGUAGE Book Review. Getting Your Way Every Day: Mastering the Lost Art of Pure Persuasion (Pelletier) 86 (Oct 07) 679 Language Proficiency see COMMUNICATION SKILLS Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy see CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC Laparoscopic Surgery see SURGERY, LAPAROSCOPIC LAUNDRY DEPARTMENT Home laundering of surgical scrub attire; treatment for pediculosis; extensively drugresistant tuberculosis; preventing unplanned perioperative hypothermia; saline irrigation in warmers; flash sterilization (CI) (Blanchard) 86 (Oct 07) 657. Correction 86 (Dec 07) 940 LEADERSHIP Book Review. A Day Book for Nurse Leaders and Mentors (O’Connor) 86 (Sep 07) 481 Collaborative leadership in product evaluation (Halvorson) 85 (Feb 07) 334 Leading with a passion (PM) (Steiert) 86 (Jul 07) 11 LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, CLINICAL AORN guidance statement: The value of clinical learning activities in the perioperative setting in undergraduate nursing curricula 86 (Aug 07) 265 LEG Using ultraviolet lighting to decrease the rate of infections; patient positioning and its effect on acute leg compartment syndrome; reprocessing external fixation components; the safety of reusing sterilized endotracheal tubes (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Dec 07) 1055 Lice Infestation see PEDICULOSIS LIGATION Improving the management and delivery of bedside patent ductus arteriosus ligation (John) 86 (Aug 07) 231 LITERACY Assessing and addressing low health literacy among surgical outpatients (Monachos) 86 (Sep 07) 373 Patient illiteracy (Jones) (Spec Needs) 85 (May 07) 951 LITERATURE REVIEW Risks associated with exposure to surgical smoke plume: A review of the literature (CE) (Bigony) 86 (Dec 07) 1013

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Literature Searching, Computerized see COMPUTERIZED LITERATURE SEARCHING LIVER—SURGERY Needle-stick injuries among surgical residents; disinfection of equipment used for prostate biopsy; reducing bleeding and pain during epidural catheter insertion; controlling bleeding during liver resection (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Sep 07) 469 Local Anesthesia see ANESTHESIA, LOCAL Local Anesthetics see ANESTHETICS, LOCAL MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA Malignant hyperthermia; sterilization monitoring; sterilization indicators; multipack needle counts (CI) (Denholm) 85 (Feb 07) 403 MALPRACTICE Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; surgical errors; hepatitis B vaccination; feasibility of sharpless surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Jan 07) 197 MANAGEMENT Best practices in OR suite layout and equipment choices to reduce slips, trips, and falls (CE) (Brogmus) 86 (Sep 07) 384 Book Review. Coaching for Emotional Intelligence: the Secret to Developing the Star Potential in Your Employees (Scherffius) 86 (Aug 07) 293 Book Review. Competencies for Management of the Operating Room (Hembree) 85 (Mar 07) 645 Book Review. The Manager’s Question and Answer Book (Tidwell) 85 (Feb 07) 427 Book Review. What Every New Manager Needs to Know: Making a Successful Transition to Management (Davis) 85 (Apr 07) 831 Counseling: establishing a culture of forgiveness (Nussbaum) 86 (Sep 07) 415 A team training program using human factors to enhance patient safety (Marshall) 86 (Dec 07) 994 Implementing the Universal Protocol hospitalwide (Norton) 85 (Jun 07) 1187 Loaner instrumentation: processing the unknown (Winthrop) 85 (Mar 07) 566 Medication safety: just a label away (Jennings) 86 (Oct 07) 618. Letter 86 (Dec 07) 939. Letter 86 (Dec 07) 940 The new era of flash sterilization (CE) (Carlo) 86 (Jul 07) 58. Clarification 86 (Sep 07) 356. Letter 86 (Dec 07) 939 On call: alert or unsafe? A report of the AORN

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On-Call Electronic Task Force (Kenyon) 86 (Oct 07) 630 Rationales for developing a perioperative web-based resource: informatics in action (Smithers) 86 (Aug 07) 239 Reduce—recycle—reuse: guidelines for promoting perioperative waste management (Laustsen) 85 (Apr 07) 717. Letter 86 (Jul 07) 15 A team approach to the prevention of unplanned postoperative hypothermia (Bitner) 85 (May 07) 921 Using Six Sigma and Lean methodologies to improve OR throughput (Fairbanks) 86 (Jul 07) 73 World-class OR turnaround times: secrets uncovered (Olmstead) 85 (May 07) 942 MATERIALS MANAGEMENT Locking the surgical department after hours; hospital e-tool; OR turnover cleaning procedures; equipment storage in the OR (CI) (Burlingame) 86 (Aug 07) 271 Medical Devices, Tracking see PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE MEDICAL WASTE Reduce—recycle—reuse: guidelines for promoting perioperative waste management (Laustsen) 85 (Apr 07) 717. Letter 86 (Jul 07) 15 MEDICALLY UNINSURED The effect of health insurance disparities on the health care system (Thompson) 86 (Nov 07) 745 MEDICATION ERRORS Confusing, look-alike, and sound-alike medications (PSF) (Beyea) 86 (Nov 07) 861 Examining medication errors in outpatient surgery—focus on adult population (PSF) 86 (Oct 07) 667 Medication reconciliation: what every nurse needs to know (PSF) (Beyea) 85 (Jan 07) 193 Medication safety: just a label away (Jennings) 86 (Oct 07) 618. Letter 86 (Dec 07) 939. Letter 86 (Dec 07) 940 Pediatric medication errors in the postanesthesia care unit: analysis of MEDMARX data (CE) (Payne) 85 (Apr 07) 731 Verbal medication orders in the OR (Hendrickson) 86 (Oct 07) 626 MENTORSHIP Mentoring high school students in a perioperative setting (Timmons) 85 (Apr 07) 747 MEPERIDINE Effect of meperidine and skin surface warming on shivering; mild hypothermia during intercranial aneurysm surgery; oxygenation after

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coronary artery bypass artery surgery; perioperative hypothermia and risk of cancer metastasis (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Jul 07) 113 Metastasis, Neoplasm see NEOPLASM METASTASIS Methods Improvement see CHANGE MANAGEMENT Microbial Drug Resistance see DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURES The wider scope of video-assisted thorascopic surgery (CE) (Khraim) 85 (Jun 07) 1199 MISSIONS AND MISSIONARIES A Bolivian medical mission experience (Souers) 86 (Nov 07) 759 Living the mission: medical assistance to Nigeria (Patterson) 86 (Nov 07) 735 The USNS MERCY’s Southeast Asia humanitarian cruise: the perioperative experience (Troup) 86 (Nov 07) 781 MITRAL VALVE DISEASES—SURGERY Mitral valve repair (CE) (Winters) 85 (Jan 07) 152 MODELS, EDUCATIONAL Transforming the OR into a classroom: Live From . . . Kidney Transplant (Educ Innov) (Vardaro) 86 (Dec 07) 1027 Morbid Obesity see OBESITY, MORBID Mother Cells see STEM CELLS Multiculturalism see CULTURAL DIVERSITY Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis see TUBERCULOSIS, MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES Work-related musculoskeletal disorders of perioperative personnel in the Netherlands (Meijsen) 86 (Aug 07) 193 MUSIC THERAPY Effect of music therapy on stress response to day surgery; patient preferences in preoperative bowel preparation; use of hydroxylated polyvinyl acetyl tampons in thyroid surgery; risk factors for endophthalmitis after cataract extraction (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Oct 07) 671 MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS Surgical prep products; obesity and postoperative complications; flammability of drapes; atypical mycobacterial infection (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Jun 07) 1235 NAILS Surgical hand antisepsis; hand lotions and creams; gel overlays as artificial nails; benchmarking (CI) (Ogg) 85 (Apr 07) 815 NARRATIVES Book Review. Making a Difference: Stories from

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the Point of Care (Wheeler) 85 (Feb 07) 427 NATIONAL NURSES WEEK How important are you? (Ed) (Girard) 85 (May 07) 887 Renewing and sharing your passion (PM) (Steiert) 85 (May 07) 883 NEEDLESTICK INJURIES Blunt-tip suture needles reduce needle-stick injuries; double gloving reduces exposure risk to bloodborne pathogens; using peel packages inside containers or wrapped instrument trays; using a treatment room as a class B or class C OR (CI) (Ogg) 86 (Sep 07) 459 Needle-stick injuries among surgical residents; disinfection of equipment used for prostate biopsy; reducing bleeding and pain during epidural catheter insertion; controlling bleeding during liver resection (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Sep 07) 469 NEOPLASM METASTASIS Effect of meperidine and skin surface warming on shivering; mild hypothermia during intercranial aneurysm surgery; oxygenation after coronary artery bypass artery surgery; perioperative hypothermia and risk of cancer metastasis (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Jul 07) 113 NEOPLASMS, RADIOTHERAPY High-dose-rate remote afterloaders for intraoperative radiation therapy (CE) (Gao) 86 (Nov 07) 827 NERVE BLOCK Perineural catheters; bowel preparation; watertight sealant for dural repair; familycentered surgical care (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (May 07) 1003 NETHERLANDS Prolonged standing in the OR: a Dutch research study (Meijsen) 86 (Sep 07) 399 Work-related musculoskeletal disorders of perioperative personnel in the Netherlands (Meijsen) 86 (Aug 07) 193 Neupogen see GRANULOCYTE COLONYSTIMULATING FACTOR Neurosis, Obsessive-Compulsive see OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER NEVADA Project New Hope: volunteers caring for children in need (Landis) 86 (Nov 07) 769 News Media Relations see PUBLIC RELATIONS NIGERIA Living the mission: medical assistance to

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Nigeria (Patterson) 86 (Nov 07) 735 NMDS see NURSING MINIMUM DATA SET NOISE Noise: a distraction, interruption, and safety hazard (PSF) (Beyea) 86 (Aug 07) 281 Non-Traditional Education see EDUCATION, NON-TRADITIONAL NURSE-PHYSICIAN RELATIONS Perceptions that affect physician-nurse collaboration in the perioperative setting (Sterchi) 86 (Jul 07) 45 Nurses Week, National see NATIONAL NURSES WEEK NURSING AS A PROFESSION Book Review. Daily Miracles: Stories and Practices of Humanity and Excellence in Health Care (Van Wicklin) 86 (Oct 07) 675 How important are you? (Ed) (Girard) 85 (May 07) 887 Passion for your profession (PM) (Graling) 85 (Feb 07) 257 Renewing and sharing your passion (PM) (Steiert) 85 (May 07) 883 NURSING CARE PLANS Perioperative care of the immunocompromised patient (CE) (Neil) 85 (Mar 07) 544 NURSING INFORMATICS Rationales for developing a perioperative web-based resource: informatics in action (Smithers) 86 (Aug 07) 239 NURSING MINIMUM DATA SET The Perioperative Nursing Data Set in Korean: translation, validation, and testing (Park) 86 (Sep 07) 424 Surgical hand antisepsis; hand lotions and creams; gel overlays as artificial nails; benchmarking (CI) (Ogg) 85 (Apr 07) 815 Nursing, Perioperative see PERIOPERATIVE NURSING NURSING PRACTICE Book Review. Foundations in Nursing and Health Care: Beginning Reflective Practice O’Connor 85 (Feb 07) 429 NURSING PRACTICE, EVIDENCE-BASED Translating research on venous thromboemboism into practice (CE) (Cantrell) 86 (Oct 07) 590 NURSING ROLE Perioperative clinical nurse specialist role delineation: a systematic review (Glover) 84 (Dec 06) 1017. Letter 85 (Apr 07) 711. Response 85 (Apr 07) 712 NURSING SHORTAGE Practice and education: partnering to address

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the perioperative nursing shortage (Trice) 86 (Aug 07) 259 Nursing Students, Baccalaureate see STUDENTS, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE Nutrition, Enteral see ENTERAL NUTRITION OBESITY Obesity and perioperative complications in spine surgery; figrastim prophylaxis in high-risk colorectal cancer patients; exposure to radiation when using mini-C-arm fluoroscopy; retransfusion of filtered shed blood in arthroplasty surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Aug 07) 291 Surgical prep products; obesity and postoperative complications; flammability of drapes; atypical mycobacterial infection (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Jun 07) 1235 OBESITY, MORBID Quality of life after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (Hager) 85 (Apr 07) 768 OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER Obsessive compulsive disorder (Cyr) (Spec Needs) 86 (Aug 07) 277 OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE Best practices in OR suite layout and equipment choices to reduce slips, trips, and falls (CE) (Brogmus) 86 (Sep 07) 384 Work-related musculoskeletal disorders of perioperative personnel in the Netherlands (Meijsen) 86 (Aug 07) 193 OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS Prolonged standing in the OR: a Dutch research study (Meijsen) 86 (Sep 07) 399 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY Safety of personnel working in endoscopy units (Akyuz) 85 (Jan 07) 181 Operating Room Equipment see SURGICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES Operating Room Nursing see PERIOPERATIVE NURSING OPERATING ROOMS—ADMINISTRATION Book Review. Competencies for Management of the Operating Room (Hembree) 85 (Mar 07) 645 Cell saver blood transfusions; colorectal surgery antibiotic prophylaxis; preoperative clinics; colonoscopy failure rates (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Apr 07) 823 Construction in the OR; Clostridium difficile; instrument tracking; antibiotic resistance (CI) (Blanchard) 85 (Mar 07) 627 Designing an OR tour for Perioperative Nurse Week (Johnson) 86 (Sep 07) 448

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Locking the surgical department after hours; hospital e-tool; OR turnover cleaning procedures; equipment storage in the OR (CI) (Burlingame) 86 (Aug 07) 271 OPERATING ROOMS—STANDARDS Blunt-tip suture needles reduce needle-stick injuries; double gloving reduces exposure risk to bloodborne pathogens; using peel packages inside containers or wrapped instrument trays; using a treatment room as a class B or class C OR (CI) (Ogg) 86 (Sep 07) 459 Organization and Management see MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE Out with the old and in with the new (Ed) (Girard) 85 (Jan 07) 11 ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES The 2008 perioperative nurses’ goals for safety (PSF) (Beyea) 86 (Dec 07) 1051 ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES Using ultraviolet lighting to decrease the rate of infections; patient positioning and its effect on acute leg compartment syndrome; reprocessing external fixation components; the safety of reusing sterilized endotracheal tubes (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Dec 07) 1055 ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY World-class OR turnaround times: secrets uncovered (Olmstead) 85 (May 07) 942 OSHA see UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION Outpatient Surgical Facilities see SURGICENTERS Outpatient Surgery see AMBULATORY SURGERY OXYGENATION Effect of meperidine and skin surface warming on shivering; mild hypothermia during intercranial aneurysm surgery; oxygenation after coronary artery bypass artery surgery; perioperative hypothermia and risk of cancer metastasis (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Jul 07) 113 Packaging, Product see PRODUCT PACKAGING PACU see POSTANESTHESIA CARE UNITS Pain, Postoperative see POSTOPERATIVE PAIN Participatory Management see SHARED GOVERNANCE Patellofemoral Joint see KNEE JOINT Patent Ductus Arteriosus see DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT Pathogens, Bloodborne see BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS

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PATIENT BEDSIDE Improving the management and delivery of bedside patent ductus arteriosus ligation (John) 86 (Aug 07) 231 PATIENT CENTERED CARE The view from the other side (Ed) (Girard) 86 (Oct 07) 545 Patient Dissatisfaction see PATIENT SATISFACTION PATIENT EDUCATION Assessing and addressing low health literacy among surgical outpatients (Monachos) 86 (Sep 07) 373 Book Review. The Practice of Patient Education: A Case Study Approach (Jackson) 86 (Dec 07) 1063 Patient, Immunocompromised see IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST Patient Participation see CONSUMER PARTICIPATION PATIENT POSITIONING Documentation of the lateral position; risk of injury in the lateral position; pediatric instrument counts; colonization with methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus (CI) (Denholm) 86 (Nov 07) 851 Using ultraviolet lighting to decrease the rate of infections; patient positioning and its effect on acute leg compartment syndrome; reprocessing external fixation components; the safety of reusing sterilized endotracheal tubes (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Dec 07) 1055 PATIENT SAFETY Patient safety in nursing practice (AHRQ) (Farquhar) 86 (Sep 07) 455 TeamSTEPPS: optimizing teamwork in the perioperative setting (AHRQ) (Clancy) 86 (Jul 07) 18 Book Review. Partnering With Patients to Reduce Medical Errors (Battalora) 85 (Jan 07) 204 Caution: tubing misconnections can be deadly (PSF) 85 (Mar 07) 633 Confusing, look-alike, and sound-alike medications (PSF) (Beyea) 86 (Nov 07) 861 Correct patient, procedure, and site—every time (PM) (Steiert) 85 (Jun 07) 1061 Distractions and interruptions in the OR: evidence for practice (PSF) (Beyea) 86 (Sep 07) 465 Distractions, interruptions, and patient safety (PSF) (Beyea) 86 (Jul 07) 109 Encouraging patients to participate in their health care (PSF) (Beyea) 85 (Jun 07) 1231

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Examining medication errors in outpatient surgery—focus on adult population (PSF) 86 (Oct 07) 667 Implementing the Universal Protocol hospitalwide (Norton) 85 (Jun 07) 1187 Medication reconciliation: what every nurse needs to know (PSF) (Beyea) 85 (Jan 07) 193 Medication safety: just a label away (Jennings) 86 (Oct 07) 618. Letter 86 (Dec 07) 939. Letter 86 (Dec 07) 940 Noise: a distraction, interruption, and safety hazard (PSF) (Beyea) 86 (Aug 07) 281 Preparing for electrical power system failures (PSF) (Beyea) 85 (Apr 07) 819 The Protecting 5 Million Lives from Harm Campaign (PSF) (Beyea) 85 (May 07) 961 Surgical care improvement project and the perioperative nurse’s role (Brendle) 86 (Jul 07) 94 The 2008 perioperative nurses’ goals for safety (PSF) (Beyea) 86 (Dec 07) 1051 Update on correct site surgery (PSF) (Beyea) 85 (Feb 07) 415 Verbal medication orders in the OR (Hendrickson) 86 (Oct 07) 626 PATIENT SATISFACTION Effect of music therapy on stress response to day surgery; patient preferences in preoperative bowel preparation; use of hydroxylated polyvinyl acetyl tampons in thyroid surgery; risk factors for endophthalmitis after cataract extraction (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Oct 07) 671 Patients, Surgical see SURGICAL PATIENTS PEDIATRIC CARE Family-centered care in the perioperative area; an international perspective (Shields) 85 (May 07) 893 PEDIATRIC NURSING Book Review. Nursing Care of the Pediatric Surgical Patient (Zahidani) 86 (Dec 07) 1061 Pediatric medication errors in the postanesthesia care unit: analysis of MEDMARX data (CE) (Payne) 85 (Apr 07) 731 PEDIATRIC SURGERY Documentation of the lateral position; risk of injury in the lateral position; pediatric instrument counts; colonization with methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus (CI) (Denholm) 86 (Nov 07) 851 The Ladd’s procedure for correction of intestinal malrotation with volvulus in children (CE) (Ingoe) 85 (Feb 07) 300 Project New Hope: volunteers caring for children in need (Landis) 86 (Nov 07) 769

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Infant perioperative patients (Taylor) (Spec Needs) 86 (Nov 07) 843 PEDICULOSIS Home laundering of surgical scrub attire; treatment for pediculosis; extensively drugresistant tuberculosis; preventing unplanned perioperative hypothermia; saline irrigation in warmers; flash sterilization (CI) (Blanchard) 86 (Oct 07) 657 PERCEPTION Preoperative fasting: knowledge and perceptions (Baril) 86 (Oct 07) 609 PERIOPERATIVE CARE Book Review. Perioperative Pharmacology Reference Book and Perioperative Pharmacology Pocket Guide (Hennessey) 86 (Dec 07) 1062 Circulating duties; construction guidelines; medication packaging and labeling; case cart decontamination (CI) (Giarrizzo-Wilson) 86 (Jul 07) 103 Perioperative management of multidrugresistant organisms in health care settings (CE) (Grota) 86 (Sep 07) 361 Recommended practices for reducing radiological exposure in the perioperative practice setting 85 (May 07) 989 Recommended practices for the prevention of unplanned perioperative hypothermia 85 (May 07) 972 Infant perioperative patients (Taylor) (Spec Needs) 86 (Nov 07) 843 Surgical care improvement project and the perioperative nurse’s role (Brendle) 86 (Jul 07) 94 PERIOPERATIVE NURSING Cerebral aneurysm—treatment and perioperative nursing care (CE) (Wright) 85 (Jun 07) 1172. Letter 86 (Sep 07) 354. Correction 86 (Sep 07) 356 Factors influencing perioperative nurses’ error reporting preferences (Espin) 85 (Mar 07) 527. Letter 86 (Sep 07) 354 The Perioperative Nursing Data Set in Korean: translation, validation, and testing (Park) 86 (Sep 07) 424 Obsessive compulsive disorder (Cyr) (Spec Needs) 86 (Aug 07) 277 Test-taking strategies for CNOR certification (Lamonte) 85 (Feb 07) 315 Why work in perioperative nursing? Baby Boomers and Generation Xers tell all (Thompson) 86 (Oct 07) 564 Work-related musculoskeletal disorders of perioperative personnel in the Netherlands

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(Meijsen) 86 (Aug 07) 193 A year of promoting the perioperative nursing profession (PM) (Graling) 85 (Mar 07) 501 PERIOPERATIVE NURSING—EDUCATION AORN guidance statement: The value of clinical learning activities in the perioperative setting in undergraduate nursing curricula 86 (Aug 07) 265 Book Review. Drug Information Handbook for Perioperative Nursing (Hennessey) 86 (Jul 07) 119 Creating an inviting perioperative learning experience (Pape) 85 (Feb 07) 354 Designing an OR tour for Perioperative Nurse Week (Johnson) 86 (Sep 07) 448 Distance learning and perioperative nursing (Gruendemann) 85 (Mar 07) 574 Laboratory and diagnostic testing: a perioperative update (CE) (Pagana) 85 (Apr 07) 754 Mentoring high school students in a perioperative setting (Timmons) 85 (Apr 07) 747 Practice and education: partnering to address the perioperative nursing shortage (Trice) 86 (Aug 07) 259 PERIOPERATIVE NURSING—HISTORY Family-centered care in the perioperative area; an international perspective (Shields) 85 (May 07) 893 PERIOPERATIVE NURSING—MANPOWER Attracting and keeping new graduates (Ed) (Rothrock) 85 (Jun 07) 1063 PERIOPERATIVE NURSING—PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS Emerging technologies in the OR and their effect on perioperative professionals (Catalano) 86 (Dec 07) 958 PERIOPERATIVE NURSING—STANDARDS The 2008 perioperative nurses’ goals for safety (PSF) (Beyea) 86 (Dec 07) 1051 PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING On call: alert or unsafe? A report of the AORN On-Call Electronic Task Force (Kenyon) 86 (Oct 07) 630 Pethidine see MEPERIDINE PHARMACY AND PHARMACOLOGY Book Review. Perioperative Pharmacology Reference Book and Perioperative Pharmacology Pocket Guide (Hennessey) 86 (Dec 07) 1062 Physician-Nurse Relations see NURSEPHYSICIAN RELATIONS PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT Talc pleurodesis; acute normovolemic

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hemodilution; laparoscopic cholecystectomy; blood ultra filtration (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Feb 07) 419 Pleural Endoscopy see THORACOSCOPY POLYVINYLS Effect of music therapy on stress response to day surgery; patient preferences in preoperative bowel preparation; use of hydroxylated polyvinyl acetyl tampons in thyroid surgery; risk factors for endophthalmitis after cataract extraction (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Oct 07) 671 Populations, Special see SPECIAL POPULATIONS Position Description see JOB DESCRIPTION Positioning of Patients see PATIENT POSITIONING POSTANESTHESIA CARE UNITS Development of a unit-based practice committee: a form of shared governance (Styer) 86 Jul 07) 85 Pediatric medication errors in the postanesthesia care unit: analysis of MEDMARX data (CE) (Payne) 85 (Apr 07) 731 POSTERS Congress posters 85 (Jun 07) 1155 POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS Obesity and perioperative complications in spine surgery; figrastim prophylaxis in high-risk colorectal cancer patients; exposure to radiation when using mini-C-arm fluoroscopy; retransfusion of filtered shed blood in arthroplasty surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Aug 07) 291 Postoperative fever: to what is the body really responding? (CE) (Ballestas) 86 (Dec 07) 983 Surgical prep products; obesity and postoperative complications; flammability of drapes; atypical mycobacterial infection (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Jun 07) 1235 POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS— PREVENTION AND CONTROL Surgical care improvement project and the perioperative nurse’s role (Brendle) 86 (Jul 07) 94 A team approach to the prevention of unplanned postoperative hypothermia (Bitner) 85 (May 07) 921 POSTOPERATIVE PAIN Does preoperative anxiety level predict postoperative pain? (Vaughn) 85 (Mar 07) 589 Innovations in postoperative pain management: continuous infusion of local anesthetics (CE) (Banks) 85 (May 07) 904

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Postoperative Wound Infection see SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION POVERTY Perioperative nurses aid in the fight against global poverty (Ed) (Girard) 86 (Nov 07) 731 POWDERS Talc pleurodesis; acute normovolemic hemodilution; laparoscopic cholecystectomy; blood ultra filtration (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Feb 07) 419 POWER SOURCES Preparing for electrical power system failures (PSF) (Beyea) 85 (Apr 07) 819 PRACTICE GUIDELINES AORN guidance statement: Mass casualty, triage, and evacuation 85 (Apr 07) 792 AORN guidance statement: The value of clinical learning activities in the perioperative setting in undergraduate nursing curricula 86 (Aug 07) 265 AORN guideline for prevention of venous stasis 85 (Mar 07) 607 Best practices in OR suite layout and equipment choices to reduce slips, trips, and falls (CE) (Brogmus) 86 (Sep 07) 384 Recommended practices for managing the patient receiving local anesthesia 85 (May 07) 965 Recommended practices for prevention of transmissible infections in the perioperative practice setting 85 (Feb 07) 383 Recommended practices for reducing radiological exposure in the perioperative practice setting 85 (May 07) 989 Recommended practices for selection and use of packaging systems for sterilization 85 (Apr 07) 801 Recommended practices for the prevention of unplanned perioperative hypothermia 85 (May 07) 972 Recommended practices for the use of the pneumatic tourniquet in the perioperative practice setting 86 (Oct 07) 640 Preoperative Fasting, see PREPROCEDURAL FASTING PREOPERATIVE PERIOD Cell saver blood transfusions; colorectal surgery antibiotic prophylaxis; preoperative clinics; colonoscopy failure rates (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Apr 07) 823 Does preoperative anxiety level predict postoperative pain? (Vaughn) 85 (Mar 07) 589 Perineural catheters; bowel preparation;

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watertight sealant for dural repair; familycentered surgical care (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (May 07) 1003 Preoperative Skin Care see SKIN PREPARATION, SURGICAL PREPROCEDURAL FASTING Preoperative fasting: knowledge and perceptions (Baril) 86 (Oct 07) 609 Prizes see AWARDS AND HONORS PRODUCT ACQUISITION Informed consent for use of allograft tissues; documentation of purchased tissue; organ compatibility (CI) (Steelman) 85 (May 07) 957 PRODUCT EVALUATION Collaborative leadership in product evaluation (Halvorson) 85 (Feb 07) 334 An evaluation of a numbered surgical sponge product (Pelter) 85 (May 07) 931 Surgical hand antisepsis; hand lotions and creams; gel overlays as artificial nails; benchmarking (CI) (Ogg) 85 (Apr 07) 815 PRODUCT LABELING Medication safety: just a label away (Jennings) 86 (Oct 07) 618. Letter 86 (Dec 07) 939. Letter 86 (Dec 07) 940 PRODUCT PACKAGING Circulating duties; construction guidelines; medication packaging and labeling; case cart decontamination (CI) (Giarrizzo-Wilson) 86 (Jul 07) 103 Confusing, look-alike, and sound-alike medications (PSF) (Beyea) 86 (Nov 07) 861 Recommended practices for selection and use of packaging systems for sterilization 85 (Apr 07) 801 PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE Construction in the OR; Clostridium difficile; instrument tracking; antibiotic resistance (CI) (Blanchard) 85 (Mar 07) 627 PRODUCTIVITY World-class OR turnaround times: secrets uncovered (Olmstead) 85 (May 07) 942 Professional Burnout see BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE Book Review. Competencies for Management of the Operating Room (Hembree) 85 (Mar 07) 645 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE, EVIDENCEBASED Evidence-based practice: AHRQ’s role in generating and disseminating knowledge (AHRQ) (Coopey) 86 (Nov 07) 857

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Cell saver blood transfusions; colorectal surgery antibiotic prophylaxis; preoperative clinics; colonoscopy failure rates (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Apr 07) 823 Distractions and interruptions in the OR: evidence for practice (PSF) (Beyea) 86 (Sep 07) 465 Effect of meperidine and skin surface warming on shivering; mild hypothermia during intercranial aneurysm surgery; oxygenation after coronary artery bypass artery surgery; perioperative hypothermia and risk of cancer metastasis (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Jul 07) 113 Effect of music therapy on stress response to day surgery; patient preferences in preoperative bowel preparation; use of hydroxylated polyvinyl acetyl tampons in thyroid surgery; risk factors for endophthalmitis after cataract extraction (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Oct 07) 671 Effect of perioperative immunonutrition in colorectal surgery; sterility and use of surgical site markers; surgeons’ habits in wearing scrub attire outside the OR area; shaving the surgical site before spinal surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Nov 07) 865 Needle-stick injuries among surgical residents; disinfection of equipment used for prostate biopsy; reducing bleeding and pain during epidural catheter insertion; controlling bleeding during liver resection (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Sep 07) 469 Obesity and perioperative complications in spine surgery; figrastim prophylaxis in high-risk colorectal cancer patients; exposure to radiation when using mini-C-arm fluoroscopy; retransfusion of filtered shed blood in arthroplasty surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Aug 07) 291 Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; surgical errors; hepatitis B vaccination; feasibility of sharpless surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Jan 07) 197 Perineural catheters; bowel preparation; watertight sealant for dural repair; familycentered surgical care (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (May 07) 1003 Preventing infections; radio frequency identification; spray disinfection; reducing allogeneic transfusions (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Mar 07) 637 Surgical prep products; obesity and postoperative complications; flammability of drapes; atypical mycobacterial infection (Evidence)

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(Allen) 85 (Jun 07) 1235 Talc pleurodesis; acute normovolemic hemodilution; laparoscopic cholecystectomy; blood ultra filtration (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Feb 07) 419 Using ultraviolet lighting to decrease the rate of infections; patient positioning and its effect on acute leg compartment syndrome; reprocessing external fixation components; the safety of reusing sterilized endotracheal tubes (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Dec 07) 1055 Professional Practice, Nursing see NURSING PRACTICE Progenitor Cells see STEM CELLS Promotion of Health see HEALTH PROMOTION Prophylaxis, Antibiotic see ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS PROSTATE Needle-stick injuries among surgical residents; disinfection of equipment used for prostate biopsy; reducing bleeding and pain during epidural catheter insertion; controlling bleeding during liver resection (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Sep 07) 469 PROTECTIVE CLOTHING Deep vein thrombosis; cloth hats; corkboards in the OR; count sheets in charts (CI) (Burlingame) 85 (Jan 07) 189 Effect of perioperative immunonutrition in colorectal surgery; sterility and use of surgical site markers; surgeons’ habits in wearing scrub attire outside the OR area; shaving the surgical site before spinal surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Nov 07) 865 Home laundering of surgical scrub attire; treatment for pediculosis; extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis; preventing unplanned perioperative hypothermia; saline irrigation in warmers; flash sterilization (CI) (Blanchard) 86 (Oct 07) 657. Correction 86 (Dec 07) 940 PUBLIC RELATIONS Designing an OR tour for Perioperative Nurse Week (Johnson) 86 (Sep 07) 448 Planning ahead to celebrate Perioperative Nurse Week (PM) (Steiert) 86 (Oct 07) 543 PULMONARY EMBOLISM AORN guideline for prevention of venous stasis 85 (Mar 07) 607 Translating research on venous thromboembolism into practice (CE) (Cantrell) 86 (Oct 07) 590

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PULMONARY VEINS—SURGERY Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (CE) (Stein) 85 (Mar 07) 509. Letter 86 (Sep 07 (355). Response 86 (Sep 07) 355 PURCHASING OF PRODUCTS Informed consent for use of allograft tissues; documentation of purchased tissue; organ compatibility (CI) (Steelman) 85 (May 07) 957 QUALITY OF LIFE Quality of life after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (Hager) 85 (Apr 07) 768 RADIATION INJURIES Obesity and perioperative complications in spine surgery; figrastim prophylaxis in high-risk colorectal cancer patients; exposure to radiation when using mini-C-arm fluoroscopy; retransfusion of filtered shed blood in arthroplasty surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Aug 07) 291 RADIATION INJURIES—PREVENTION AND CONTROL Recommended practices for reducing radiological exposure in the perioperative practice setting 85 (May 07) 989 RADIOTHERAPY, INTRAOPERATIVE— EQUIPMENT High-dose-rate remote afterloaders for intraoperative radiation therapy (CE) (Gao) 86 (Nov 07) 827 Reagents see INDICATORS AND REAGENTS Recovery Room see POSTANESTHESIA CARE UNITS RECTUM—SURGERY Cell saver blood transfusions; colorectal surgery antibiotic prophylaxis; preoperative clinics; colonoscopy failure rates (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Apr 07) 823 Effect of perioperative immunonutrition in colorectal surgery; sterility and use of surgical site markers; surgeons’ habits in wearing scrub attire outside the OR area; shaving the surgical site before spinal surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Nov 07) 865 RECYCLING Reduce—recycle—reuse: guidelines for promoting perioperative waste management (Laustsen) 85 (Apr 07) 717. Letter 86 (Jul 07) 15 Reuse and recycling practices in a Colombian hospital (Arevalo) 86 (Nov 07) REFLECTION Book Review. Foundations in Nursing and Health Care: Beginning Reflective Practice

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O’Connor 85 (Feb 07) 429 Relations, Vendor see VENDOR RELATIONS Reports, Incident see INCIDENT REPORTS Republic of Korea see SOUTH KOREA Research, Clinical see CLINICAL RESEARCH Residencies see INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY Residents see INTERNS AND RESIDENTS Resistance, Methicillin see METHICILLIN RESISTANCE Resistance, Natural see DISEASE RESISTANCE RESOURCE DATA BASES, HEALTH Rationales for developing a perioperative web-based resource: informatics in action (Smithers) 86 (Aug 07) 239 Responsibility see ACCOUNTABILITY RETAINED INSTRUMENTS Preventing infections; radio frequency identification; spray disinfection; reducing allogeneic transfusions (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Mar 07) 637 Rewarming Techniques see WARMING TECHNIQUES RIGHT TO DIE Book Review. Unplugged: Reclaiming Our Right to Die in America (Overman) 86 (Sep 07) 478 RN FIRST ASSISTANTS Intraoperative chemotherapy; name tag lanyards in the OR; credentialing guidelines for RN first assistants (CI) (Burlingame) 86 (Dec 07) 1041 ROTATION The Ladd’s procedure for correction of intestinal malrotation with volvulus in children (CE) (Ingoe) 85 (Feb 07) 300 RULES AND REGULATIONS Implementing the Universal Protocol hospitalwide (Norton) 85 (Jun 07) 1187 Safety, Occupational see OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY Safety, Patient see PATIENT SAFETY SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS Special Report. Results of the 2007 AORN Salary Survey (Bacon) 86 (Dec 07) 944 Satisfaction, Patient see PATIENT SATISFACTION Scheduling and Staffing, Personnel see PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING Scrub Nurses see PERIOPERATIVE NURSING SECURITY MEASURES Locking the surgical department after hours; hospital e-tool; OR turnover cleaning pro-

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cedures; equipment storage in the OR (CI) (Burlingame) 86 (Aug 07) 271 SEPSIS The role of surgery in the management of septic shock—extra-abdominal causes of sepsis (CE) 85 (Jan 07) 137 The role of surgery in the management of septic shock—intra-abdominal causes of sepsis (CE) 85 (Feb 07) 280 Septic Shock see SHOCK, SEPTIC SHARED GOVERNANCE Development of a unit-based practice committee: a form of shared governance (Styer) 86 (Jul 07) 85 Sharps Count see SURGICAL COUNT PROCEDURE Shaving, Hair see HAIR REMOVAL Ships, Hospital see HOSPITAL SHIPS SHOCK, SEPTIC—SURGERY The role of surgery in the management of septic shock—extra-abdominal causes of sepsis (CE) (Sakorafas) 85 (Jan 07) 137 The role of surgery in the management of septic shock—intra-abdominal causes of sepsis (CE) (Sakorafas) 85 (Feb 07) 280 Shortage, Nursing see NURSING SHORTAGE SINGLE-PAYER SYSTEM The effect of health insurance disparities on the health care system (Thompson) 86 (Nov 07) 745 SKIN CARE Surgical hand antisepsis; hand lotions and creams; gel overlays as artificial nails; benchmarking (CI) (Ogg) 85 (Apr 07) 815 SKIN PREPARATION, SURGICAL Preventing infections; radio frequency identification; spray disinfection; reducing allogeneic transfusions (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Mar 07) 637 Surgical prep products; obesity and postoperative complications; flammability of drapes; atypical mycobacterial infection (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Jun 07) 1235 SKULL—SURGERY Dropping a cranial bone flap; rigid sterilization containers; tourniquet cuffs; OR air exchanges (CI) (Steelman) 85 (Jun 07) 1225 Perineural catheters; bowel preparation; watertight sealant for dural repair; familycentered surgical care (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (May 07) 1003 SLEEP DEPRIVATION On call: alert or unsafe? A report of the AORN On-Call Electronic Task Force

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(Kenyon) 86 (Oct 07) 630 SMOKE, SURGICAL—RISK FACTORS Risks associated with exposure to surgical smoke plume: A review of the literature (CE) (Bigony) 86 (Dec 07) 1013 SOUTH KOREA The Perioperative Nursing Data Set in Korean: translation, validation, and testing (Park) 86 (Sep 07) 424 Southeastern Asia see ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN SPECIAL POPULATIONS Depression and older adults (Cyr) (Spec Needs) 85 (Feb 07) 397 Infant perioperative patients (Taylor) (Spec Needs) 86 (Nov 07) 843 Obsessive compulsive disorder (Cyr) (Spec Needs) 86 (Aug 07) 277 Patient illiteracy (Jones) (Spec Needs) 85 (May 07) 951 SPINAL FUSION Obesity and perioperative complications in spine surgery; figrastim prophylaxis in high-risk colorectal cancer patients; exposure to radiation when using mini-C-arm fluoroscopy; retransfusion of filtered shed blood in arthroplasty surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Aug 07) 291 SPINE—SURGERY Effect of perioperative immunonutrition in colorectal surgery; sterility and use of surgical site markers; surgeons’ habits in wearing scrub attire outside the OR area; shaving the surgical site before spinal surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Nov 07) 865 Sponge Count see SURGICAL COUNT PROCEDURE Sponges, Surgical see SURGICAL SPONGES Staffing and Scheduling, Personnel see PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING STANDING Prolonged standing in the OR: a Dutch research study (Meijsen) 86 (Sep 07) 399 STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS Documentation of the lateral position; risk of injury in the lateral position; pediatric instrument counts; colonization with methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus (CI) (Denholm) 86 (Nov 07) 851 STEM CELLS Book Review. The Stem Cell Divide (Beckwith) 86 (Sep 07) 477 STERILIZATION AND DISINFECTION Blunt-tip suture needles reduce needle-stick injuries; double gloving reduces exposure risk

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to bloodborne pathogens; using peel packages inside containers or wrapped instrument trays; using a treatment room as a class B or class C OR (CI) (Ogg) 86 (Sep 07) 459 Circulating duties; construction guidelines; medication packaging and labeling; case cart decontamination (CI) (Giarrizzo-Wilson) 86 (Jul 07) 103 Dropping a cranial bone flap; rigid sterilization containers; tourniquet cuffs; OR air exchanges (CI) (Steelman) 85 (Jun 07) 1225 Home laundering of surgical scrub attire; treatment for pediculosis; extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis; preventing unplanned perioperative hypothermia; saline irrigation in warmers; flash sterilization (CI) (Blanchard) 86 (Oct 07) 657 Loaner instrumentation: processing the unknown (Winthrop) 85 (Mar 07) 566 Malignant hyperthermia; sterilization monitoring; sterilization indicators; multipack needle counts (CI) (Denholm) 85 (Feb 07) 403 Needle-stick injuries among surgical residents; disinfection of equipment used for prostate biopsy; reducing bleeding and pain during epidural catheter insertion; controlling bleeding during liver resection (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Sep 07) 469 The new era of flash sterilization (CE) (Carlo) 86 (Jul 07) 58. Clarification 86 (Sep 07) 356. Letter 86 (Dec 07) 939 Recommended practices for selection and use of packaging systems for sterilization 85 (Apr 07) 801 Storerooms see MATERIALS MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC PLANNING Reflecting on 2007 and preparing for 2008 (PM) 86 (Dec 07) 931 STUDENTS, HIGH SCHOOL Mentoring high school students in a perioperative setting (Timmons) 85 (Apr 07) 747 Transforming the OR into a classroom: Live From . . . Kidney Transplant (Educ Innov) (Vardaro) 86 (Dec 07) 1027 STUDENTS, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE Creating an inviting perioperative learning experience (Pape) 85 (Feb 07) 354 Practice and education: partnering to address the perioperative nursing shortage (Trice) 86 (Aug 07) 259 STUDY METHODS Book Review. Foundations in Nursing and Health Care: Study Skills in Health Care

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(Davidson-Wilson) 85 (Apr 07) 833 SURGEONS Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; surgical errors; hepatitis B vaccination; feasibility of sharpless surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Jan 07) 197 Surgery, Ambulatory see AMBULATORY SURGERY Surgery, Brain see BRAIN SURGERY Surgery, Cataract see CATARACT EXTRACTION Surgery, Heart see HEART SURGERY SURGERY, LAPAROSCOPIC Surgical prep products; obesity and postoperative complications; flammability of drapes; atypical mycobacterial infection (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Jun 07) 1235 SURGERY, OPERATIVE—METHODS Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; surgical errors; hepatitis B vaccination; feasibility of sharpless surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Jan 07) 197 Surgery, Orthopedic see ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY Surgery, Pediatric see PEDIATRIC SURGERY Surgery, Vascular see VASCULAR SURGERY Surgery, Wrong Site see WRONG SITE SURGERY SURGICAL COUNT PROCEDURE Deep vein thrombosis; cloth hats; corkboards in the OR; count sheets in charts (CI) (Burlingame) 85 (Jan 07) 189 Documentation of the lateral position; risk of injury in the lateral position; pediatric instrument counts; colonization with methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus (CI) (Denholm) 86 (Nov 07) 851 An evaluation of a numbered surgical sponge product (Pelter) 85 (May 07) 931 Malignant hyperthermia; sterilization monitoring; sterilization indicators; multipack needle counts (CI) (Denholm) 85 (Feb 07) 403 SURGICAL DRAPING Surgical prep products; obesity and postoperative complications; flammability of drapes; atypical mycobacterial infection (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Jun 07) 1235 SURGICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES Circulating duties; construction guidelines; medication packaging and labeling; case cart decont-

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amination (CI) (Giarrizzo-Wilson) 86 (Jul 07) 103 Dropping a cranial bone flap; rigid sterilization containers; tourniquet cuffs; OR air exchanges (CI) (Steelman) 85 (Jun 07) 1225 Locking the surgical department after hours; hospital e-tool; OR turnover cleaning procedures; equipment storage in the OR (CI) (Burlingame) 86 (Aug 07) 271 SURGICAL FIRES Surgical prep products; obesity and postoperative complications; flammability of drapes; atypical mycobacterial infection (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Jun 07) 1235 SURGICAL FLAPS Dropping a cranial bone flap; rigid sterilization containers; tourniquet cuffs; OR air exchanges (CI) (Steelman) 85 (Jun 07) 1225 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Construction in the OR; Clostridium difficile; instrument tracking; antibiotic resistance (CI) (Blanchard) 85 (Mar 07) 627 Loaner instrumentation: processing the unknown (Winthrop) 85 (Mar 07) 566 SURGICAL PATIENTS Assessing and addressing low health literacy among surgical outpatients (Monachos) 86 (Sep 07) 373 Book Review. Nursing Care of the Pediatric Surgical Patient (Zahidani) 86 (Dec 07) 1061 SURGICAL SITE VERIFICATION Effect of perioperative immunonutrition in colorectal surgery; sterility and use of surgical site markers; surgeons’ habits in wearing scrub attire outside the OR area; shaving the surgical site before spinal surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Nov 07) 865 Implementing the Universal Protocol hospitalwide (Norton) 85 (Jun 07) 1187 Surgical Skin Care see SKIN PREPARATION, SURGICAL SURGICAL SPONGES Preventing infections; radio frequency identification; spray disinfection; reducing allogeneic transfusions (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Mar 07) 637 SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION— PREVENTION AND CONTROL Improving compliance with prophylactic antibiotic administration guidelines (White) 85 (Jan 07) 173. Letter 85 (Apr 07) 711 The not-so-hidden costs of surgical site infections (Barnett) 86 (Aug 07) 249

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Surgical site infection: the host factor (CE) (Fry) 86 (Nov 07) 801 Using ultraviolet lighting to decrease the rate of infections; patient positioning and its effect on acute leg compartment syndrome; reprocessing external fixation components; the safety of reusing sterilized endotracheal tubes (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Dec 07) 1055 SURGICENTERS Malignant hyperthermia; sterilization monitoring; sterilization indicators; multipack needle counts (CI) (Denholm) 85 (Feb 07) 403 SURVEYS Quality of life after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (Hager) 85 (Apr 07) 768 Special Report. Results of the 2007 AORN Salary Survey (Bacon) 86 (Dec 07) 944 SUTURE TECHNIQUES Perineural catheters; bowel preparation; watertight sealant for dural repair; familycentered surgical care (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (May 07) 1003 SYSTEMATIC REVIEW Perioperative clinical nurse specialist role delineation: a systematic review (Glover) 84 (Dec 06) 1017. Letter 85 (Apr 07) 711. Response 85 (Apr 07) 712 TABLETS Perineural catheters; bowel preparation; watertight sealant for dural repair; familycentered surgical care (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (May 07) 1003 TAMPONS Effect of music therapy on stress response to day surgery; patient preferences in preoperative bowel preparation; use of hydroxylated polyvinyl acetyl tampons in thyroid surgery; risk factors for endophthalmitis after cataract extraction (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Oct 07) 671 Tapes, Video see VIDEORECORDING TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS Multitasking: how much is too much? (Ed) 85 (Mar 07) 505 TEAMWORK Developing a healthy OR workplace (Parsons) 85 (Jun 07) 1213 A team training program using human factors to enhance patient safety (Marshall) 86 (Dec 07) 994 TeamSTEPPS: optimizing teamwork in the

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perioperative setting (AHRQ) (Clancy) 86 (Jul 07) 18 TECHNOLOGY Book Review. Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing: A Model for Practice (Miller) 85 (Feb 07) 428 TECHNOLOGY-—TRENDS Emerging technologies in the OR and their effect on perioperative professionals (Catalano) 86 (Dec 07) 958 TELECONFERENCING Transforming the OR into a classroom: Live From . . . Kidney Transplant (Educ Innov) (Vardaro) 86 (Dec 07) 1027 TERRORISM Book Review. Bioterrorism Guidebook to the Seven Deadliest Diseases (Bedison) 85 (Jun 07) 1241 TEST TAKING Test-taking strategies for CNOR certification (Lamonte) 85 (Feb 07) 315 Tests, Laboratory see DIAGNOSIS, LABORATORY TEXAS The effect of health insurance disparities on the health care system (Thompson) 86 (Nov 07) 745 Theatre Nursing see PERIOPERATIVE NURSING THORACOSCOPY The wider scope of video-assisted thorascopic surgery (CE) (Khraim) 85 (Jun 07) 1199 THROMBOEMBOLISM Translating research on venous thromboembolism into practice (CE) (Cantrell) 86 (Oct 07) 590 Thrombosis, Venous see VENOUS THROMBOSIS THYROID GLAND—SURGERY Effect of music therapy on stress response to day surgery; patient preferences in preoperative bowel preparation; use of hydroxylated polyvinyl acetyl tampons in thyroid surgery; risk factors for endophthalmitis after cataract extraction (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Oct 07) 671 TIME FACTORS Cell saver blood transfusions; colorectal surgery antibiotic prophylaxis; preoperative clinics; colonoscopy failure rates (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Apr 07) 823 Time, Turnaround see TURNAROUND TIME

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TISSUE BANKS Informed consent for use of allograft tissues; documentation of purchased tissue; organ compatibility (CI) (Steelman) 85 (May 07) 957 Tissue Typing see HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING TOURNIQUETS Dropping a cranial bone flap; rigid sterilization containers; tourniquet cuffs; OR air exchanges (CI) (Steelman) 85 (Jun 07) 1225 Recommended practices for the use of the pneumatic tourniquet in the perioperative practice setting 86 (Oct 07) 640 Tracking, Product see PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE Traineeships see INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY Transfusion, Blood see BLOOD TRANSFUSION TRANSITIONAL PROGRAMS The beginning of a visionary transitional period (PM) (Steiert) 85 (Apr 07) 705 TRANSPLANTATION—EDUCATION Transforming the OR into a classroom: Live From . . . Kidney Transplant (Educ Innov) (Vardaro) 86 (Dec 07) 1027 Transplantation, Bone see BONE TRANSPLANTATION Transplantation, Homologous see ALLOGRAFTS TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS The arterial switch procedure for transposition of the great arteries (CE) (DeBord) 86 (Aug 07) 211 TREATMENT ERRORS Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; surgical errors; hepatitis B vaccination; feasibility of sharpless surgery (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Jan 07) 197 TRIAGE AORN guidance statement: Mass casualty, triage, and evacuation 85 (Apr 07) 792 TUBERCULOSIS Tuberculosis is making a comeback (Ed) (Girard) 85 (Feb 07) 261. Correction 85 (May 07) 888 TUBERCULOSIS, MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT Home laundering of surgical scrub attire; treatment for pediculosis; extensively drugresistant tuberculosis; preventing unplanned perioperative hypothermia; saline irrigation in warmers; flash sterilization (CI) (Blanchard) 86 (Oct 07) 657

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Tubes and Catheters see CATHETERS AND TUBES TURNAROUND TIME Locking the surgical department after hours; hospital e-tool; OR turnover cleaning procedures; equipment storage in the OR (CI) (Burlingame) 86 (Aug 07) 271 Using Six Sigma and Lean methodologies to improve OR throughput (Fairbanks) 86 (Jul 07) 73 World-class OR turnaround times: secrets uncovered (Olmstead) 85 (May 07) 942 ULTRAFILTRATION Talc pleurodesis; acute normovolemic hemodilution; laparoscopic cholecystectomy; blood ultra filtration (Evidence) (Allen) 85 (Feb 07) 419 ULTRAVIOLET RAYS Using ultraviolet lighting to decrease the rate of infections; patient positioning and its effect on acute leg compartment syndrome; reprocessing external fixation components; the safety of reusing sterilized endotracheal tubes (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Dec 07) 1055 Uninsured, Medically see MEDICALLY UNINSURED UNITED STAGES AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY Evidence-based practice: AHRQ’s role in generating and disseminating knowledge (AHRQ) (Coopey) 86 (Nov 07) 857 Patient safety in nursing practice (AHRQ) (Farquhar) 86 (Sep 07) 455 TeamSTEPPS: optimizing teamwork in the perioperative setting (AHRQ) (Clancy) 86 (Jul 07) 18 UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION Locking the surgical department after hours; hospital e-tool; OR turnover cleaning procedures; equipment storage in the OR (CI) (Burlingame) 86 (Aug 07) 271 Vaccination see IMMUNIZATION VASCULAR SURGERY The arterial switch procedure for transposition of the great arteries (CE) (DeBord) 86 (Aug 07) 211 VENDOR RELATIONS MedStar Health vendor access program: one system’s story (Hardy) 86 (Nov 07) 815 VENOUS THROMBOSIS AORN guideline for prevention of venous stasis 85 (Mar 07) 607 Deep vein thrombosis; cloth hats; corkboards

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in the OR; count sheets in charts (CI) (Burlingame) 85 (Jan 07) 189 Implementing a research utilization plan for prevention of deep vein thrombosis (Van Wicklin) 83 (Jun 06) 1353. Letter 85 (Feb 07) 265. Response 85 (Feb 07) 266 Translating research on venous thromboembolism into practice (CE) (Cantrell) 86 (Oct 07) 590 Verbal Accounts see NARRATIVES VERBAL BEHAVIOR Verbal medication orders in the OR (Hendrickson) 86 (Oct 07) 626 VIDEORECORDING The wider scope of video-assisted thorascopic surgery (CE) (Khraim) 85 (Jun 07) 1199 VOCABULARY Neologisms and genericized words in everyday language (Ed) (Girard) 85 (Apr 07) 709 VOLUNTEER WORKERS A Bolivian medical mission experience (Souers) 86 (Nov 07) 759 Living the mission: medical assistance to Nigeria (Patterson) 86 (Nov 07) 735 Project New Hope: volunteers caring for children in need (Landis) 86 (Nov 07) 769 The USNS MERCY’s Southeast Asia humanitarian cruise: the perioperative experience (Troup) 86 (Nov 07) 781 Volvulus see INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION Warfare, Biological see BIOLOGICAL WARFARE WARMING TECHNIQUES Effect of meperidine and skin surface warming on shivering; mild hypothermia during intercranial aneurysm surgery; oxygenation after coronary artery bypass artery surgery; perioperative hypothermia and risk of cancer metastasis (Evidence) (Allen) 86 (Jul 07) 113 Home laundering of surgical scrub attire; treatment for pediculosis; extensively drugresistant tuberculosis; preventing unplanned perioperative hypothermia; saline irrigation in warmers; flash sterilization (CI) (Blanchard) 86 (Oct 07) 657 A team approach to the prevention of unplanned postoperative hypothermia (Bitner) 85 (May 07) 921 Waste, Medical see MEDICAL WASTE Wholistic Care see HOLISTIC CARE WIT AND HUMOR Book Review. The Best Medicine: Book of

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Cartoons (Radford) 86 (Aug 07) 297 Book Review. A View from the Head End: Medical Cartoons to Ease the Pain (O’Connor) 85 (May 07) 1011 WOMEN’S HEALTH Book Review. Women’s Health Concerns Sourcebook (Austin) 86 (Oct 07) 676. Correction 86 (Dec 07) 940 WORK ENVIRONMENT Developing a healthy OR workplace (Parsons) 85 (Jun 07) 1213 WORLD HEALTH A Bolivian medical mission experience (Souers) 86 (Nov 07) 759 Living the mission: medical assistance to Nigeria (Patterson) 86 (Nov 07) 735 Perioperative nurses aid in the fight against global poverty (Ed) (Girard) 86 (Nov 07) 731 WORLD WIDE WEB APPLICATIONS Locking the surgical department after hours; hospital e-tool; OR turnover cleaning procedures; equipment storage in the OR (CI) (Burlingame) 86 (Aug 07) 271 Rationales for developing a perioperative web-based resource: informatics in action (Smithers) 86 (Aug 07) 239 WOUND CARE Book Review. Acute & Chronic Wounds: Current Management Concepts (Strebeck) 86 (Oct 07) 677 Wound Infection, Surgical see SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION WRIST JOINT—SURGERY Wrist arthroscopy (CE) (Ricks) 86 (Aug 07) 181 WRITING Book Review. Foundations in Nursing and Health Care: Writing Skills in Health Care (Harvey) 85 (Mar 07) 645 WRITING FOR PUBLICATION Guest Series: Writing for Publication. More strategies for enhancing your message (Saver) 85 (Jan 07) 131 Guest Series: Writing for Publication. Ten tips for successful writing and article submission (Saver) 85 (Feb 07) 273. Letter 85 (Apr 07) 714 WRONG SITE SURGERY Update on correct site surgery (PSF) (Beyea) 85 (Feb 07) 415 RUTH E. GILBERT MLS

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