HealthStream has partnered with the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) to distribute AORN’s OR Protocol course to prepare healthcare industry sales representatives for visiting operating rooms at healthcare facilities. With 15,000 to 18,000 industry representatives in the United States, many regulatory agencies and professional organizations are paying attention to how healthcare facilities handle sales representatives in the OR. The AORN OR Protocol course is based largely on AORN’s position statement on “The Role of the Health Care Industry Representative in the Operating Room” from its Standards, Recommended Practices and Guidelines. The course provides healthcare industry representatives with comprehensive information to be prepared in their various roles in the perioperative setting.

Healthcare suppliers with multiple sales representatives or trainers may choose to license access to the course for all or part of their staff. HealthStream will provide access to the course, and other courses in its library, to suppliers through a customized version of either its HealthStream Learning Center or HealthStream Express learning management system. Individuals may also access the course through either AORN or HealthStream’s web sites and pay for and complete the course on their own. Visit the AORN website for more information.

Upon successful completion, certificates of credit and a wallet card are awarded for presentation to healthcare facilities as documentation of training. AORN OR Protocol is designed to award continuing education (CEU) credits for sales professionals and award contact hours for nurses. To maintain certification, a biannual renewal course is required for AORN OR Protocol.