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CSPS Safe Surgery Principles


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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  1. Universal Nomenclature
  2. Patient Monitoring
  3. Transfer of Patient Care
  4. Safe Surgery Checklist
  5. Sharps Safety
  6. Foreign Body Retention Prevention
  7. Fire Safety
  8. Perioperative Prophylaxis
  9. Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, Catheter-Related Bacteremia, and Surgical Site Infection
  10. Violence in the Workplace
  11. Evidence-Based Standards of Practice
  12. Perioperative Medication Error
  13. Operative Specimen Safety
  14. Maintenance of Perioperative Normothermia
  15. Patient Resuscitation Plans
  16. Adequate Rest Periods
  17. Team Education and Training