National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting
National Center for Competency Testing - Tech in Surgery - Certified TS-C (NCCT) (Accredited by NCCA)
AAMI - Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
IAHCSMM - International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management
CDC Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection 2017 - JAMA Surgery
Guideline for Sterile Technique - Association of Operating Room Nurses (AORN)
AST Standards of Practice for Creating the Sterile Field
Asepsis vs. Clean Technique: Joint Commission (2013)
AST Standards of Practice for Surgical Attire, Surgical Scrub, Hand Hygiene and Hand Washing
New WHO recommendations on intraoperative and postoperative measures for surgical site infection prevention: an evidence-based global perspective - World Health Organization in Lancet - Infectious Diseases v. 18 #3 2018
TS Player was created for and by surgeons and surgical residents to prepare for a myriad of operations. Touch surgery is used to rehearse operations in more than 100 residency programs in the United States. It is endorsed by the American Association for Surgery of the Hand and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, among others.
FREE download on Google Play or the App Store
Surgery of the Future-NIH virtual operating room app for iOS and Android
Surgical Videos
AORN Clinical FAQs - includes topics such as counts/retained surgical items, sharps safety, surgical attire, transmissible infections
Strategies to Prevent Surgical Site Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2022 Update
Preventing unintended retained foreign objects - Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert
