New 10-point checklist aims to streamline patient selection for outpatient joint replacement
Editor's Note As joint replacement (JR) procedures increasingly move from the hospital setting to ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), selecting the right candidates for these outpatient procedures becomes crucial. To support this transition, study authors Madhav Chowdhry, MD, and Edward J. McPherson, MD, developed a comprehensive, evidence-based checklist called Checklist Outpatient-Joint…
State of the huddle: The barriers to and benefits of preop meetings
Complex problems do not always require complex solutions. Consider the surgical safety checklist. In 2020, more than a decade after the World Health Organization (WHO) started advocating that every hospital use the checklist, research from PSNET found that more than 90% of ORs in countries with a high human development…
Leadership session: Empowering Your Team to Ensure Patient Safety
Editor's Note What is a hard stop? “Think about it,” Amy Bethel, MPA, BSN, RN, NE-BC, education coordinator for the OR Business Management Conference, urged this year’s OR Manager Conference attendees. “You all know what a hard stop is, and I know all of you have had hard stops. But…
Improving situational awareness in ASCs
Situational awareness is the perception of events occurring around a person in a particular environment. Knowing what is happening helps that person make better decisions. But how does that apply in the perioperative context? In 2004, The Joint Commission made situational awareness the cornerstone of its surgical timeout requirement. The…
June 8 is National Time Out Day
Editor's Note National Time Out Day, June 8, draws attention to the need for everyone on the surgical team to pause before a surgical procedure begins to make sure they are doing the right procedure on the right patient at the right site. AORN created the National Time Out Day…
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