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Archive > June, 2008 Vol. IX, No. 6

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Enforce Your OR's Dress Code

Charlene DiNobile, RN, MEd, CNOR, CNAA, CST; and Lisa Reed, CST, RN, MS, CNOR

Next chance you get, take the "Surgical Attire Audit Tool" on the next page into your ORs and note what your staff is wearing. Chances are, you'll see unconfined hair and jewelry, Croc-like footwear with holes or open backs and dangling surgical masks — as well as other infractions of your surgical attire policy.

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