STERILE TECHNIQUE Revised October 1985; published as “Recommended
practices: basic aseptic technique,” March 1987, AORN Journal.
Revised February 1991; published as “Recommended practices: aseptic technique,” October 1991, AORN Journal. Revised January 1996; published as “Recommended
practices for maintaining a sterile field,” November 1996, AORN Journal.
Revised; published February 2001, AORN Journal. Revised November 2005; published in Standards, Recom- mended Practices, and Guidelines, 2006 edition. Reprinted February 2006, AORN Journal. Revised December 2012; published as “Recommended practices for sterile technique,” Perioperative Standards and Recommended Practices, 2013 edition.
Evidence ratings revised 2013 to conform to the AORN Evidence Rating Model.
Minor editing revisions November 2014; published as “Guideline for sterile technique” in Guidelines for Periopera- tive Practice, 2015 edition. Evidence rating revised to conform to the current AORN Evidence Rating Model in Guidelines for Perioperative Practice, 2018 edition.
Revised November 2018 for publication in Guidelines for Perioperative Practice online. Evidence ratings revised and minor editorial changes
made to conform to the current AORN Evidence Rating model, September 2019, for online publication in Guidelines for Perioperative Practice.
