Title Change and New Edition:

©2010 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Authors/Editors: Stephanie J. Phelps Pharm.D., BCPS, Emily B. Hak Pharm.D., BCPS, BCNSP, Catherine M. Crill Pharm.D., BCPS, BCNSP
For nearly three decades, pharmacists treating newborns through adolescents have relied on Pediatric Injectable Drugs (the Teddy Bear Book) for evidence-based recommendations you can’t find anywhere else.
Now, you can get this information in its most current and useful form. The ninth edition of this trusted resource features 220 updated and new monographs, each with the following:
- Brand names
- Safety information, including medication error potential, U.S .boxed warnings, and contraindications
- Infusion related cautions Age-specific dosing information (including maximum dosages and adjustments in organ dysfunction)
- Additives Suitable diluents
- Maximum concentration
- Preparation and delivery IV push, intermittent infusion, and continuous infusion recommendations
- Other routes of administration (including IV and IM guidelines compiled specifically for pediatric patients)
- Comments by pharmacy professionals in the field
- Formerly called Teddy Bear Book: Pediatric Injectable Drug

Perioperative Standards and Recommended Practices
©2010 Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
Authors/Editors: Ramona Conner, RN, MSN, CNOR
Perioperative Standards and Recommended Practices is the periop reference with the authoritative information essential to keeping your patients safe. The 2010 edition ofPerioperative Standards and Recommended Practices contains the latest AORN-approved standards, recommended practices, guidelines and guidance statements, as well as all approved position statements. There are six new or significantly revised documents in this edition: Recommended Practices for Transfer of Patient Care Information (new), Recommended Practices for Electrosurgery (updated), Recommended Practices for Hand Hygiene in the Perioperative Setting (updated), Recommended Practices for Minimally Invasive Surgery (updated), Recommended Practices for a Safe Environment of Care (updated blanket warmer information), Standards of Perioperative Nursing (updated).
What's New in Quarter 3, 2010:
- Recommended Practices for Sponge, Sharp, and Instrument Counts has been replaced with: Recommended Practices for Prevention of Retained Surgical Items
- New Position Statement: AORN Position Statement on Care of the Older Adult in Perioperative Settings
