Standards for Perioperative Nursing in Pacific Island Countries and Territories

This course has been developed by Pacific Community (SPC) in collaboration with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) to support Pacific nurses in their clinical practice.

Based on the Standards for Perioperative Nursing, it focusses on three key areas:

1. Infection prevention
2. Patient safety
3. Environmental safety

The course will take participants approximately 2 hours to complete. You may start and return to the course at any time.

By the completion of the course, you will be able to:

• Implement standards of practice in infection control, patient safety and environmental safety
• Ensure adequate execution of infection safety protocols.
• Engage safely with patients in a range of situations.
• Recall guidelines for maintenance of a safe perioperative environment.
• Examine the practices of their own workplace in relation to the standards.

For any questions regarding this course, please contact the Interplast Education team at education@interplast.org.au

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This education is made possible thanks to support from RACS’ Pacific Islands Program funded by the Australian Government, through DFAT. Development of the content was in partnership between Interplast, the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS), The Pacific Community (SPC) and the Pacific Islands Operating Room Nursing Association (PIORNA) and Praxhub