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Council on Surgical and Perioperative Safety (CSPS)

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  • Safe Surgery Resources
  • #1 Universal Nomenclature
  • #2 Patient Monitoring
  • #3 Transfer of Care
  • #4 Safe Surgery Checklist
  • #5 Sharps Safety
  • #6 Foreign Body Retention
  • #7 Fire Safety
  • #8 Perioperative VTE Prophylaxis
  • #9 Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, ...
  • #10 Violence in the Workplace
  • #11 Evidence-Based Standards of Practice
  • #12 Perioperative Medication Error
  • #13 Operative Specimens
  • #14 Maintenance of Perioperative Normothermia
  • #15 Resuscitation Plan
  • #16 Adequate Rest Periods
  • #17 Team Education and Training
  • #18 Smoke Evacuation
  • #19 Disaster Relief Response
  • #20 Prevention of Indwelling Catheter...
  • #21 Noise and Distraction
  • #22 Cognitive Aids for Emergency Management
  • #23 Burn-Out
  • #24 Opioid Epidemic
  • #25 Correct Site Surgery
  • #26 Racial and Ethnic Equality in Surgery
  • #27 Waste Anesthesia Gas
  • #28 Laser Safety

The CSPS endorses the use of the World Health Organization’s Safe Surgery Checklist and the implementation of the Joint Commission’s Universal Protocol. (Adopted 7.15.07, Modified 2.5.09)

World Health Organization (WHO) Safe Surgery Checklist

New England Journal of Medicine: A Surgical Safety Checklist

AORN Updated, Correct Site Surgery Tool Kit

American College of Surgeons (ACS) Statement on Ensuring Correct Patient, Correct Site, and Correct Procedure Surgery

Joint Commission Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Person Surgery

ACS Surgery Checklist for Older Patients

 

 

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