Surgical safety checklists improve patient safety and even save lives. Yet anesthesiologists may be reluctant to use them in front of patients because they worry that doing so may increase patient ...
Orthopedic and primary care experts stress that thorough preparation before a preoperative visit can improve efficiency, safety, and decision-making. Recommendations include compiling medical records, ...
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Patient Safety Committee provides free, downloadable pre- and post-operative ambulatory surgery patient safety checklists. While the two, one-page ...
New pre-surgical checklists, available from the Washington state initiative Strong for Surgery, aim to prevent adverse events, according to an Infection Control Today report. The checklists address ...
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Making surgery prep less stressful and confusing
From pre-op checklists to better communication between doctors, hospitals are rethinking how patients prepare for surgery. Clearer instructions, coordinated care teams, and smarter scheduling can help ...
A promising way to reduce harmful surgical errors, it turns out, borrows a low-tech tool long used by airline pilots and grocery shoppers: The checklist. "It's evidence-based," says Leslie Ray, a ...
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