This customizable document, Body Piercing Jewelry, is taken from MCN Healthcare’s Outpatient Surgery and Ambulatory Services Policy and Procedure Manual. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry’s leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

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	PURPOSE: Removal of body piercing jewelry is for the safety of the patient. Jewelry may become tangled in sheets or dislodged. Also, ESUs with ground-referenced generators may ground through the patient's jewelry and cause tissue burns. Metal jewelry presents a potential risk of burn from directed current heat conducted before an electrode cools and leakage current. Patient jewelry should be removed if it is in range of the active electrode. Other reasons for removing patient jewelry include risk of swelling, possible theft, losing the piece of jewelry, etc. POLICY: All patients will...
Second excerpt:
	...entering the OR suite. Jewelry shall be given to a family member, or the jewelry shall be stored according to organization policy and procedure. A special tool to remove pierced jewelry shall be kept in the OR at all times. The surgeon may decide to cancel surgery if a patient refuses to remove pierced jewelry, and it is deemed unsafe for the patient. REFERENCES: Association of periOperative Registered Nurses AORN Journal: August 2001, Clinical Issues AORN Standards, Recommended...