PROPOSED POSITION STATEMENT ON ON PATIENTS AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS WITH BLOODBORNE DISEASES

Editor's Note: The following proposed AORN position statements were approved by the Board of Directors in November 2006 and will be presented to the 2007 House of Delegates in Orlando, Fla, for ratification. For the order and time of presentation, see the Forum and House Agenda on pages 88–90.

Original statement adopted by the Board of Directors July 10, 1987; ratified by the House of Delegates March 10, 1988. Revised; ratified by the House of Delegates February 23, 1989. Revised; approved by the Board of Directors September 29, 1991. Ratified by the House of Delegates March 19, 1992. CNOR task force members. Revised September 2006 by Anita Shoup, RN, MSN, CNOR, Task Force chair; Task Force members: Nikki Collier, RN, CNOR, CRNFA; Kathy Greer, RN, CNOR; Beth Hankamer, RN, BS, CAPA; Suzanne Harkness, RN, CNOR; Suzanne Haveman, RN CNOR, CRNFA; Gertrude O'Connor, RN, EdM, MSN, CNOR; Board Liaison Rosemarie Schroeder, RN, BSN, CNOR; Joan Blanchard, RN, MSS, CNOR, CIC, staff consultant. Approved by the Board of Directors March 1997; ratified by the House of Delegates April 10, 1997. Revised; approved by the House of Delegates April 25, 2002. Sunset review: March 2007.