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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/perceptions-time-spent-safety-tasks-surgical-operations-focus-group-study
November 03, 2015 - Perceptions of time spent on safety tasks in surgical operations: A focus group study. … Perceptions of time spent on safety tasks in surgical operations: A focus group study. … An ethnographic study across surgical specialties. … about surgical safety and the surgical safety checklist at 10 years: a multinational survey. … An ethnographic study across surgical specialties.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/bar-coding-surgical-sponges-improve-safety-randomized-controlled-trial
March 02, 2011 - Bar-coding Surgical Sponges To Improve Safety. … Bar-coding Surgical Sponges To Improve Safety. … care: results from a Harvard surgical safety collaborative. … analysis of strategies to prevent injury to surgical patients. … May 27, 2009
Communication practices on 4 Harvard surgical services: a surgical safety
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementation-surgical-safety-checklist-south-carolina-hospitals-associated-improvement
June 02, 2015 - Study
Implementation of the surgical safety checklist in South Carolina hospitals … Implementation of the Surgical Safety Checklist in South Carolina Hospitals Is Associated with Improvement … Surgical checklists have been associated with reduced morbidity and mortality in randomized trials … Investigators surveyed surgical personnel before and after checklist implementation. … July 30, 2014
Effective surgical safety checklist implementation.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/human-factors-analysis-technical-and-team-skills-among-surgical-trainees-during-procedural
March 03, 2011 - Study
A human factors analysis of technical and team skills among surgical trainees … A human factors analysis of technical and team skills among surgical trainees during procedural simulations … The authors describe their use of simulation as a tool to develop skills in surgical trainees. … May 6, 2015
The WHO surgical safety checklist: survey of patients' views. … March 3, 2011
Communication practices on 4 Harvard surgical services: a surgical safety
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mobilising-team-who-surgical-safety-checklist-qualitative-video-study
September 29, 2017 - Study
Mobilising a team for the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist: a qualitative video … Mobilising a team for the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist: a qualitative video study. … Mobilising a team for the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist: a qualitative video study. … mortality in Scotland by use of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist. … January 4, 2012
Prevention of surgical malpractice claims by a surgical safety checklist
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/factors-drive-team-participation-surgical-safety-checks-prospective-study
August 15, 2018 - Study
Factors that drive team participation in surgical safety checks: a prospective … Factors that drive team participation in surgical safety checks: a prospective study. … Factors that drive team participation in surgical safety checks: a prospective study. … March 23, 2022
Worldwide incidence of surgical site infections in general surgical patients … December 22, 2021
Surgical teams' attitudes about surgical safety and the surgical safety
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/identifying-quality-markers-safe-surgical-ward-interview-study-patients-clinical-staff-and
June 17, 2015 - Study
Identifying quality markers of a safe surgical ward: an interview study of … Safe surgical care requires attention to risks in the operating room and in the postoperative surgical … A PSNet perspective described how surgical safety has evolved as a field. … August 11, 2021
Reducing surgical mortality in Scotland by use of the WHO Surgical Safety … Consultant surgeon's contemporary experience of adverse surgical events.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/consensus-bundle-prevention-surgical-site-infections-after-major-gynecologic-surgery
January 15, 2014 - Commentary
Consensus bundle on prevention of surgical site infections after major … Consensus Bundle on Prevention of Surgical Site Infections After Major Gynecologic Surgery. … Surgical site infections are a common complication, and they can have serious consequences. … January 31, 2018
American College of Surgeons and Surgical Infection Society: Surgical … reduce surgical site infections.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pediatric-surgical-errors-systematic-scoping-review
August 17, 2022 - Review
Pediatric surgical errors: a systematic scoping review. … Pediatric surgical errors: a systematic scoping review. … Pediatric surgical errors: a systematic scoping review. … August 12, 2020
Associations of workflow disruptions in the operating room with surgical … March 11, 2020
The need for surgical safety checklists in neurosurgery now and in the
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cardiac-surgical-icu-care-eliminating-preventable-complications
August 04, 2021 - Review
Cardiac surgical ICU care: eliminating "preventable" complications. … Cardiac surgical ICU care: eliminating "preventable" complications. … Cardiac surgical ICU care: eliminating "preventable" complications. … July 31, 2013
Quality, patient safety, and the cardiac surgical team.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/perspectives-quality-designing-who-surgical-safety-checklist
September 20, 2011 - Commentary
Perspectives in quality: designing the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist. … Perspectives in quality: designing the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist. … Perspectives in quality: designing the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist. … June 14, 2017
Simulation-based trial of surgical-crisis checklists. … January 9, 2014
Surgical safety checklist compliance: a job done poorly!
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgical-safety-checklist-and-teamwork-coaching-tools-study-inter-rater-reliability
May 11, 2016 - Study
The surgical safety checklist and teamwork coaching tools: a study of inter-rater … The Surgical Safety Checklist and Teamwork Coaching Tools: a study of inter-rater reliability. … The Surgical Safety Checklist and Teamwork Coaching Tools: a study of inter-rater reliability. … June 2, 2015
Effective surgical safety checklist implementation. … March 12, 2014
Effective surgical safety checklist implementation.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgical-safety-checklist-and-patient-outcomes-after-surgery-prospective-observational-cohort
May 28, 2015 - Study
Classic
The surgical safety checklist and patient … The surgical safety checklist and patient outcomes after surgery: a prospective observational cohort … This study included a large, multicountry observational cohort of surgical outcomes before and after … practice before and after a surgical safety checklist intervention. … December 29, 2014
Surgical safety checklist compliance: a job done poorly!
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-2011-acgme-resident-duty-hour-reform-postoperative-patient-outcomes-surgical
February 14, 2017 - Association of the 2011 ACGME resident duty hour reform with postoperative patient outcomes in surgical … Association of the 2011 ACGME Resident Duty Hour Reform with Postoperative Patient Outcomes in Surgical … in serious morbidity or mortality within 30 days following surgery across multiple surgical specialties … Although duty hour reform does not appear to be a high-yield strategy for improving surgical outcomes … Association of the 2011 ACGME Resident Duty Hour Reform with Postoperative Patient Outcomes in Surgical
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgical-technology-and-operating-room-safety-failures-systematic-review-quantitative-studies
May 06, 2015 - Review
Surgical technology and operating-room safety failures: a systematic review … Surgical technology and operating-room safety failures: a systematic review of quantitative studies. … Surgical equipment failures have been implicated as a significant contributor to errors and delays … June 22, 2016
The WHO surgical safety checklist: survey of patients' views. … July 31, 2013
Surgical checklists: the human factor.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/point-prevalence-surgical-checklist-use-europe-relationship-hospital-mortality
January 23, 2019 - Study
Point prevalence of surgical checklist use in Europe: relationship with hospital … Point prevalence of surgical checklist use in Europe: relationship with hospital mortality. … surgical outcomes. … Point prevalence of surgical checklist use in Europe: relationship with hospital mortality. … May 9, 2013
Barriers to staff adoption of a surgical safety checklist.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-efficacy-combined-surgical-patient-safety-system-and-world-health-organizations
November 03, 2015 - Study
Emerging Classic
Clinical efficacy of combined surgical … Clinical Efficacy of Combined Surgical Patient Safety System and the World Health Organization’s Checklists … and postoperative care, and the World Health Organization surgical safety checklist (WHO SSC) is … An ethnographic study across surgical specialties. … A comparison of 24 surgical safety checklists in Switzerland.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/minimization-occurrence-retained-surgical-items-using-machine-learning-and-deep-learning
July 06, 2012 - Review
Minimization of occurrence of retained surgical items using machine learning … Retained surgical items (RSIs) remain a persistent patient safety problem . … September 24, 2014
Retained surgical items: a problem yet to be solved. … September 21, 2022
The impact of surgical count technology on retained surgical items … Nursing
Retained Surgical Instruments and Sponges
Technologic Approaches
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/development-and-validation-surgical-patient-safety-system-surpass-checklist
March 23, 2011 - Study
Development and validation of the SURgical PAtient Safety System (SURPASS) … Development and validation of the SURgical PAtient Safety System (SURPASS) checklist. … entire surgical pathway from admission to discharge. … Development and validation of the SURgical PAtient Safety System (SURPASS) checklist. … May 17, 2012
Prevention of surgical malpractice claims by a surgical safety checklist
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/centers-disease-control-and-prevention-guideline-prevention-surgical-site-infection-2017
June 27, 2018 - Review
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical … Surgical site infections are a common hospital-acquired condition. … November 21, 2021
American College of Surgeons and Surgical Infection Society: Surgical … May 31, 2017
American College of Surgeons and Surgical Infection Society: Surgical Site … February 1, 2017
Back to basics: preventing surgical site infections.