was financially supported entirely by AORN and was devel- oped without any involvement of industry. Potential conflicts of interest for all Guidelines Advisory Board members were reviewed before the annual meeting and each monthly conference call. Ten members of the Guideline Development Group reported no potential con- flict of interest.1-8,11-12
Two members9,10 disclosed potential
conflicts of interest. After review and discussion of these disclosures, the advisory board concluded that individuals with potential conflicts could remain on the advisory board if they reminded the advisory board of potential conflicts before any related discussion and recused them- selves from a related discussion if requested.
Publication History
Originally published June 1975, AORN Journal, as “Recom- mended practices for sanitation in the surgical practice setting.”
Format revised March 1978; March 1982; July 1982. Revised April 1984; November 1988; December 1992. Revised June 1996; published October 1996, AORN Jour- nal. Reformatted July 2000.
Revised; published December 2002, AORN Journal. Revised 2007; published in Perioperative Standards and Recommended Practices, 2008 edition.
Minor editing revisions made to omit PNDS codes; reformatted September 2012 for publication in Perioperative Standards and Recommended Practices, 2013 edition. Revised September 2013 for online publication in Periop- erative Standards and Recommended Practices. Minor editing revisions made in November 2014 for pub- lication in Guidelines for Perioperative Practice, 2015 edition. Evidence ratings revised in Guidelines for Perioperative
Practice, 2018 edition, to conform to the current AORN Evi- dence Rating Model. Revised 2019 for publication in Guidelines for Perioperative Practice, 2020 edition.
