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AORN MAN-828-2012
AORN Guidance Statement: Preoperative Patient Care in the Ambulatory Surgery Setting
The purpose of this guidance statement is to provide a framework that health care practitioners can use to develop and implement policies and procedures for preoperative patient care in the ambulatory surgery setting. This guidance statement is directed specifically to ambulatory surgery centers. It also may be used in other ambulatory settings that perform surgery or other invasive procedures.
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses [aorn]