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Acknowledgments Contributing Author
Jan Davidson, MSN, RN, CNOR, CASC Director, Ambulatory Surgery Division AORN, Inc
Denver, Colorado Publication History
Originally published in Perioperative Standards and Rec- ommended Practices, 2014 edition. Revised September 2017 for publication in Guidelines for Perioperative Practice, 2018 edition. Minor editorial changes made to conform with revised
guideline format, September 2019, for online publication in Guidelines for Perioperative Practice.
