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An ethical framework for operating room infection control. 1994

D Hubbard

The operating room nurse has an ethical obligation to provide patients with safe, effective care during surgical intervention. Most basic to this care is surgical asepsis. Bioethics principles of autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice, as well as the professional's character in meeting the responsibilities of competence and accountability, are presented as an ethical framework for surgical infection control.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009871	Operating Room Nursing	The functions of the professional nurse in the operating room.	Nursing, Operating Room
D004993	Ethics, Nursing	The principles of proper professional conduct concerning the rights and duties of nurses themselves, their patients, and their fellow practitioners, as well as their actions in the care of patients and in relations with their families.	Nursing Ethics,Ethic, Nursing,Nursing Ethic
D016294	Models, Nursing	Theoretical models simulating behavior or activities in nursing, including nursing care, management and economics, theory, assessment, research, and education. Some examples of these models include Orem Self-Care Model, Roy Adaptation Model, and Rogers Life Process Model.	Nursing Models,Model, Nursing,Nursing Model,Orem Self-Care Model,Model, Orem Self-Care,Models, Orem Self-Care,Orem Self Care Model,Orem Self-Care Models,Self-Care Model, Orem,Self-Care Models, Orem
D017053	Infection Control	Programs of disease surveillance, generally within health care facilities, designed to investigate, prevent, and control the spread of infections and their causative microorganisms.	Control, Infection