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Archive > February, 2009 Vol. X, No. 2

Take Our Electrosurgery Safety Quiz

Find out if you know how to protect patients from getting burned by high-frequency current.

Charlene DiNobile, RN, MEd, CNOR, CNAA, CST

The high-frequency current used during electrosurgery can burn and it can kill. Think that statement's over the top? Assume your ORs are immune to adverse events? Read on. You're one of the non-believers we're targeting with this quiz of electrosurgery's hard and fast rules. It's based on our experiences and on the official word of AORN's Recommended Practices for Electrosurgery. Use it to reinforce the importance of maintaining basic safety measures during every minute of every case.

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