Saint Francis Nurse Presents Research Poster at Local Perioperative Conference
November 22, 2024Categories: Colleague Corner
The second annual Periop ConneCT Conference took place last month at the Omni in New Haven. The conference was organized by the local Connecticut Association of Peri-Operative Registered Nurses (AORN) Chapter in conjunction with OR Today as an opportunity for all perioperative professionals from New England to attend educational seminars along with a large vendor hall and networking opportunities. This year, the conference was open to perioperative nurses, surgical technologists, and sterile processing technologists.
Brian K. Burrier, MSN, RN, CNOR-CARD, Perioperative Nursing Professional Development Specialist, Saint Francis Hospital
Brian K. Burrier, MSN, RN, CNOR-CARD, was part of the AORN committee responsible for creating and facilitating the conference. Several perioperative nurses from Saint Francis and other Trinity Health Of New England hospitals attended and had an amazing time.
Brian represented Saint Francis well, by creating a research/quality improvement poster for presentation. Knowing that a major goal at Saint Francis is prevention of perioperative sharps injuries, Brian created a poster to examine the effectiveness of the sharps injury prevention campaign, which started in 2023. The poster examined sharps injuries in the 1.5 years prior to the initiation of the campaign and 1.5 years after. In the perioperative setting, the decision to implement a sharps zone passing tray utilizing a one-way approach aided in the compliance of tray utilization, and resulted in injuries with passing of surgical sharps decreasing by 70 percent.
“It was incredible that perioperative professionals from all over New England came to see some great education and research posters and that Saint Francis was represented well,” said Brian. “I am looking forward to creating more posters and writing journal articles in the future to continue representing Saint Francis at more events!”
Submitted by Brian K. Burrier, MSN, RN, CNOR-CARD, Perioperative Nursing Professional Development Specialist, Saint Francis Hospital.
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