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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 standardized processes of care to prevent the retention of foreign bodies during surgery. (Adopted 7.15.07, Modified 2.5.09)

  • ACS Statement on the Prevention of Retained Foreign Bodies after Surgery

  • AST: Recommended Standard for Practice for Counts

  • Veterans Health Administration (VHA): Prevention of Retained Surgical Items

  • Institute for Clinical Systems Improvements (ICSI): Health Care Protocol - Prevention of Unintentionally Retained Foreign Objects in Surgery

 

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633 N Saint Clair Street
Chicago, IL 60611
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