Time out! Rethinking surgical safety: more than just a checklist

The second “time-out”: a surgical safety checklist for lengthy robotic surgeries

Robotic surgeries of long duration are associated with both increased risks to patients as well as distinct challenges for care providers. We propose a surgical checklist, to be completed during a second "time-out", aimed at reducing peri-operative complications and addressing obstacles presented by lengthy robotic surgeries. A review of the literature was performed to identify the most common ...

More than just vanilla.

The missing link...is much more than just safety.

Effective surgical safety checklist implementation.

BACKGROUND Research suggests that surgical safety checklists can reduce mortality and other postoperative complications. The real world impact of surgical safety checklists on patient outcomes, however, depends on the effectiveness of hospitals' implementation processes. STUDY DESIGN We studied implementation processes in 5 Washington State hospitals by conducting semistructured interviews wi...

The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist.