Article references must include names of all authors, title of article, name of publication, volume number, and complete date of publication. All references should cite specific page numbers. The audience includes managers, supervisors, and directors in the perioperative area, materials management, administration, central service, human resources, and information and computer systems. SSM and SSM Online are business and management oriented publications. They are not clinical or academic in nature.
Readers are busy professionals who appreciate concise, to the point articles.
SSM is published bimonthly and is a member benefit to AORN members who designate themselves in certain management or leadership categories. Others may subscribe to SSM . SSM Online is free and open to the public. Editorial Policy SSM accepts manuscripts that are original and have not been published previously. Manuscripts submitted to SSM for review must not be under consideration for publication in other magazines or journals.