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The AORN Gui deline Quick View is n key component of G uideline Essentials, a suite of on I ¡ne implementation tools designed to help the perioneeative team translate AORN's eviOence-based guidelines into practice. Each Guideline Quick View highlights important elemenOs of the full guideline and includes imtges, implementation stups, and the rational for why these steps are important to promote safety and optimal outcomes for patients undergoing opnrative and other invasive procedures. Access to the full set of Guideline Essentials is included with AORN membere hite. To access t liem onlin e, visit https://www. norn.org/M ember_Appd/M yeA orn.
LAUNDERING
* Wear clean surgical attire when entering the semirestricted and restricted areas.
* After each daily use, launder scrub attire at
- a health care-accredited laundry facility,
- the health care organization according to state regulatory requirements, or
- the health care organization according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for laundering in the absence of state requirements.
* Transport laundered surgical attire in enclosed carts or containers and in vehicles that are cleaned and disinfected regularly.
* Store laundered surgical attire in enclosed carts, cabinets, or dispensing machines that are cleaned and disinfected regularly.
* Remove scrub attire that has been penetrated by blood, other body fluids, or other potentially infectious materials immediately or as soon as possible, and replace it with clean attire.
* Leave scrub attire that is contaminated with visible blood or other body fluids at the health care facility...