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Safe Surgery Saves Lives

Safe Surgery Saves Lives. William R. Berry, MD, MPH, FACS Cambridge, MA August 2008. Bringing Surgery into the Light. Unrecognized as public health issue More surgeries are done each year than there are births. Surgery is different Lack of data on surgery and outcomes

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Safe Surgery Saves Lives

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  1. Safe Surgery Saves Lives William R. Berry, MD, MPH, FACS Cambridge, MA August 2008

  2. Bringing Surgery into the Light • Unrecognized as public health issue • More surgeries are done each year than there are births. • Surgery is different • Lack of data on surgery and outcomes • Failure to use existing safety know how

  3. 1999 Utah/Colorado study Review of charts from 15,000 admissions to 28 hospitals in 1992 Surgery 1999;126(1):66-75

  4. Safer Surgery Saves Lives • First Consultation • Geneva Switzerland: 11-12 January 2007 • Over 50 participants from around the globe • Reviewed possible work in four areas: • Clean Surgery • The surgical environment • Safe Anesthesia • The surgical provider • The safe surgical team • Measuring the safety of surgery • A Surgical “Vital Sign”

  5. How the Pilot's Checklist Came About

  6. The Surgical Checklist • Simple • Universal • Easily understood • Saving lives and decreasing complications

  7. Preliminary Pilot Site Results Total Cases 3234

  8. Preliminary Pilot Site Results Total Cases 3234

  9. http://www.who.int/patientsafety/safesurgery/en/index.html

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