The World Health Organisation (WHO) identified patient safety in surgery as an important public health matter and advised the adoption of a universal peri-operative surgical checklist. An adapted ...
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority developed a sample preoperative checklist to ensure accuracy in documentation and safe surgery. The checklist notes to write legibly and avoid use of ...
Adding to the growing body of evidence on the benefits of surgical checklists, a new study in the December Journal of American College of Surgeons found that a surgical checklist, coupled with ...
The Strong for Surgery Program is linked to a two-thirds decrease in the rate of smoking in patients undergoing cervical and lumbar spine procedures, according to research from the University of ...
In a Dec. 6 webinar hosted by Becker’s Healthcare, Linda Lansing, senior vice president of clinical services, and Kelly Bemis, director of clinical services at Surgical Care Affiliates, discussed ...
Can a surgical safety checklist reduce postoperative complications? The authors performed a before/after study in 8 hospitals located in 8 countries. They collected morbidity and mortality data on ...
Chicago (December 5, 2012): As the nation grapples with surging health care costs, researchers at the University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, and Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center ...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LiveData, a surgical capacity optimization solution company, today announced that it will demonstrate LiveData OR-Dashboard™ with Active Time Out®, the company’s ...
Can you please give an overview of perioperative practice? How does it differ from generalised practice? Perioperative practice is quite a specialised area focused on patients who are undergoing ...
The rate of patient death after surgery in South Carolina hospitals decreased substantially in hospitals that implemented a checklist developed by the World Health Organization, according to a summary ...
Two simple cost-effective methods to reduce expensive postoperative complications—communications team training and a surgical checklist were confirmed by researchers. Two simple cost-effective methods ...
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