The CSPS endorses the following safe surgery principles with participation from all members of the multidisciplinary perioperative care team to achieve optimal patient outcomes:
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- Universal Nomenclature
- Patient Monitoring
- Transfer of Patient Care
- Safe Surgery Checklist
- Sharps Safety
- Foreign Body Retention Prevention
- Fire Safety
- Perioperative Prophylaxis
- Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, Catheter-Related Bacteremia, and Surgical Site Infection
- Violence in the Workplace
- Evidence-Based Standards of Practice
- Perioperative Medication Error
- Operative Specimen Safety
- Maintenance of Perioperative Normothermia
- Patient Resuscitation Plans
- Adequate Rest Periods
- Team Education and Training
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