AORN Recommended Practices for Environmental Responsibility
This document is intended to guide perioperative registered nurses in the development of environmentally responsible practices. This guidance document addresses:
- infectious and non-infectious waste management,
- recycling practices,
- resource conservation,
- supply conservation and management practices,
- reprocessing, reuse, repair and refurbishing,
- sterilization and disinfection, and
- construction for efficiency and conservation.