Operating Theatre Protocols (OTP)
Welcome to the Operating Theatre Protocols (OTP) online course.
The perioperative environment is quite different from other clinical departments. This course will give you an overview of how to prepare yourself for, and conduct yourself in, the perioperative environment.
The Australian College of Operating Nurses (ACORN) has produced a set of standards that outlines the accepted standard of professional practice in Australia. This course is based on these standards, and you are encouraged to read these for more information.
The module assessment is a quiz, which must be successfully passed in order to complete the module.
Important:
Before starting, ensure you have a set of headphones plugged in and have the volume set to a comfortable level.
Learning objectives
This course aims to:
- familiarise the learner with the perioperative environment
- describe safe functioning within the perioperative environment.
Learning outcomes
Following completion of this course the learner will be able to:
- identify compliance with ACORN standards in relation to
- scrubbing
- gloving
- gowning
- managing sterile fields
- recognise a safe perioperative environment, including identifying breaches to safe practice
- know how to adhere to the principles of theatre etiquette.
1 The Australian College of Operating Room Nurses Ltd. Acorn Standards for Perioperative Nursing, 2014-15. Adelaide, South Australia. The Australian College of Operating Room Nurses Ltd. 2014.
2Centre for Healthcare Related Infection Surveillance and Prevention and Tuberculosis Control. Hand Hygiene [Guideline]. Brisbane, Queensland. Department of Health. 2013 Sept.
3Marjamaa, R, Vakkuri, A & Kirvela O. Operating room management: why, how and by whom? Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2008; 52: 596-600.
4World Alliance for Patient Safety. WHO surgical safety checklist and implementation manual. Geneva, Switzerland. World Health Organisation. 2008.
