In 2023, an expert group was established to develop clear guidance on surgical gloving practice from the existing literature. Their goal was to formulate recommendations to improve the safety, protection, and experience of healthcare providers and their patients. The expert panel members were assigned to one of four focus areas: Glove Fit, Double Gloving, Indicator Systems, and Glove Damage and Change Protocol; with each group conducting a systematic review of the evidence.

The 2025 Edition of the AORN Guidelines for Perioperative Practice emphasizes the importance of providing a climate of safety with evidence-based practices. Surgical gloves play a crucial role in ensuring the safety of both patients and practitioners. Efforts continue to establish standardized best gloving practices, supported by evidenced-based recommendations. These standardized guidelines aim to enhance clinical outcomes, improve safety, and support hand health and career longevity.

This program will provide the attendee with an overview of how these two bodies of practice align with current recommendations for practice guidelines on surgical gloving.

This webinar explores strategies aimed at sustaining the perioperative nursing workforce. From nursing school to career pathways, a continuous plan for developing perioperative expertise is critical. At the root of all efforts is competency building, first as direct care givers early in career, then pathways to educator, leader and scholar. Collaboration is key ask is sharing of successful strategies among peers.

• Understand the move in contemporary nursing education toward competency-based learning.
• Identify essential elements for recruitment and retention of nursing graduates.
• Explain collaborative initiatives that hold the potential to shape the future of perioperative nursing to create a resilient workforce.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the key drivers behind the current anesthesia staffing crisis and understand how these trends affect care delivery and operational efficiency.
• Evaluate different anesthesia staffing models (MD, CRNA, CAA) for cost-effectiveness, compliance, and scalability within various clinical environment
• Implement practical strategies to manage anesthesia labor costs, optimize OR utilization, and mitigate the impact of supply shortages and declining reimbursement rates.

Amid rising labor costs, staffing shortages, and shrinking reimbursement rates, managing anesthesia services profitably has become increasingly complex. In this timely and insightful webinar, Collin Pick, MSN, CRNA, chief of anesthesia at Physician Partners of America, breaks down the key operational, financial, and staffing considerations impacting anesthesia in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and hospital settings. Attendees will gain actionable strategies for optimizing staffing models, controlling costs, and adapting to a shifting reimbursement landscape—all while maintaining high standards of care. Whether a clinical leader, administrator, or ASC manager, viewers will gain practical tools to improve efficiency, reduce waste, and position their facility for long-term sustainability in anesthesia care delivery.

The OR is the economic engine of the hospital — yet most still rely on manually driven schedules, delayed reports, and gut feel to run it. This 60-minute session introduces a more intelligent, adaptive system for surgical services – bringing rhythm, predictability, and performance to the most complex space in healthcare.

Agenda

• Understand why the OR remains one of the least-optimized spaces in the hospital despite its central economic role
• Explore early industry insights on how surgical teams are beginning to approach the shift toward data-driven OR management
• Discover how to support proactive, collaborative decision-making through real-time orchestration — offering visibility, intelligence, and timely action

All 2025 sessions from the conference program.

“What’s our cost per case?”

“Can Dr. Smith’s office take our open time this week?”

“Can you update all our preference cards today?”

If you’re having trouble answering these questions, don’t miss this webinar. Using digital preference cards and OR scheduling tools, you’ll see how more accessible data can empower your team.

In this session, surgical business managers will discover strategies for reducing costs per case, optimizing labor utilization, and keeping ORs from idling. Nurses will discover time-saving strategies for preference card management and room turnover.

With real-world insights from the OR, viewers will leave with actionable solutions to streamline processes and drive measurable improvements in their surgical department.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the key characteristics of effective preference cards and their role in optimizing OR efficiency.
• Discuss the most effective ways to digitize OR case scheduling.
• Highlight the importance of collaboration among SPD, the OR team, and the supply chain in driving long-term success for preference card initiatives.

This dynamic discussion will challenge traditional approaches, highlight transformative advancements, and deliver actionable insights for navigating the evolving perioperative landscape.

Key Topics:

• Critical reflections on 2024: Insights into successes, setbacks, and operational changes that shaped 2024.
• Emerging trends: Predictions on clinical advancements and technological innovations, market shifts and workforce dynamics poised to impact perioperative operations in the coming years.
• Actionable insights: Strategic discussion on expectations for 2025 and approaches to improving patient outcomes while strengthening financial performance.

A High-Reliability Organization (HRO) is an organization that experiences fewer accidents or events of harm than otherwise anticipated, despite operating in a complicated and risky environment. Many healthcare organizations aspire to become HROs.

Periop teams play an essential role in advocating and implementing the HRO agenda. Applying HRO principles to daily functions in the operating room is a way to safeguard patient safety, even during moments of considerable change or disruption in the surgical suite.

This session offers a blueprint for periop staff desiring to integrate high reliability principles into their workflows. Our clinical nursing experts will review each of the five foundational principles of HROs. They’ll provide strategies and examples as to how each principle can be applied within the OR to impact care in a positive way.

Learning Objectives:

• List the five principles of High-Reliability Organizations (HROs).
• Discuss three ways HROs should be preoccupied with failure.
• Summarize how deference to expertise can impact a time-out.

Are you building an ASC, partnering with Administration to equip an outpatient facility or interested in learning about principles that will help your support your hospital’s new OR project? Please join us as we learn from one of the top Med Device Planning, Design and Construction Teams in partnership with a veteran CEO who has done all of the above. We will share key insights that will allow you to make informed decisions, provide key considerations, and ease the planning process as you support the development of new surgical spaces.

Learning Objectives: 

• Key Principles to consider when designing an operating room
• How to equip your facility for future expansion
• Understanding how partnering with a company that offers multiple products throughout the continuum of care can benefit your ASC

Now more than ever, it’s crucial for health systems to maximize utilization of their highest-value assets. Shrinking margins and staff scarcity have changed the way hospitals and ASCs look at their Operating Room block allocation. Wasted block time can threaten the financial viability of a department, and turning around an inefficient OR requires a purposeful, data-driven approach.

Leaders at Northwest Specialty Hospital identified the need for a Block Optimization solution, but their first partnership ended with disappointment and frustration. Rather than give up on the idea, they decided to try a new approach and were able to achieve their goals through meaningful collaboration.

In this webinar, we’ll speak to JJ Turbin, Executive Director of Finance, about what he learned from the experience and how he persevered to find a solution that fit Northwest’s needs.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the most impactful effects of predicting and tracking surgical block utilization
• Discuss the value of collaboration when adopting a block optimization solution
• Build an evaluation framework to measure success when implementing a new block management process