Bill Text: CA ACR35 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: National Surgical Technologist Week.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-09-28 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 103, Statutes of 2011. [ACR35 Detail]

Download: California-2011-ACR35-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 35	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  103
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 30, 2011
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 9, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Roger Hernández
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Harkey)

                        MARCH 8, 2011

   Relative to National Surgical Technologist Week.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 35, Roger Hernández. National Surgical Technologist Week.
   This measure would recognize and declare the week of September 18
to 24, 2011, inclusive, as National Surgical Technologist Week in
California.



   WHEREAS, The Association of Surgical Technologists was officially
created as a nonprofit educational association in 1969 with the
support of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, the
American College of Surgeons, and the American Hospital Association;
and
   WHEREAS, Surgical technologists are responsible for the
environmental disinfection, safety, and efficiency of the operating
room, and their knowledge and experience with aseptic surgical
technique qualifies them for a role of importance in the surgical
suite; and
   WHEREAS, The surgical technology profession has grown to meet the
continuing demand for well-educated, highly skilled, and versatile
individuals to work with surgeons and other skilled professionals to
deliver the highest possible level of patient care; and
   WHEREAS, Surgical technologists are skilled professionals uniquely
prepared for, and proud of their role on, surgical teams in
hospitals across the country and in California, where an estimated
5,000 surgical technologists, of the nearly 90,000 surgical
technologists nationally, are employed; and
   WHEREAS, Approximately 1,400 California surgical technologists
hold certification in their profession from the National Board of
Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) for surgical
technologists in the United States; and
   WHEREAS, Based on scientific evidence, the key role that health
care personnel in surgical settings can play by taking specific steps
to prevent surgical site infections for some operations has been
underscored by both the National Surgical Infection Prevention
Project and reported in The Joint Commission's Annual Report on
Quality and Safety--2007; and
   WHEREAS, The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and
Safety--2007 reported that surgical site infections were the second
most common hospital-acquired infections in the United States; and
   WHEREAS, It is a primary function of surgical technologists and
surgical assistants with proper education, training, and skills to
administer patient care of the highest quality; and
   WHEREAS, San Francisco, California, has been selected as the site
for the 42nd Annual National Conference of the Association of
Surgical Technologists from May 31 to June 4, 2011, inclusive; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes and declares the
week of September 18 to 24, 2011, inclusive, as National Surgical
Technologist Week in California; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.