Association of periOperative Registered Nurses Releases New Evidence-Based Guideline for Safe and Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence in Surgical Care

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AORN released a new evidence-based guideline for using AI safely and ethically in surgical care. The guidance helps perioperative teams evaluate, implement, and manage AI technologies across their lifecycle while addressing patient safety, governance, bias, privacy, security, education, and clinical oversight. It also emphasizes that AI should support, not replace, human clinical judgment. The guideline points healthcare organizations toward governance frameworks and interdisciplinary collaboration when deploying AI tools in perioperative workflows.

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