20 Sep 2019 | Safe Surgery NZ
This blog by Health Quality & Safety Commission senior portfolio manager, Gary Tonkin, was first published in O&G Magazine Vol 21 No 3 Spring 2019. Reproduced with permission.
'If I was doing a skydive, I would expect the team managing my jump to have undertaken safety checks. Surely, I should expect the same from a team managing my surgery?'
Our guest blog post today highlights the evidence for surgical checklists and briefings, and the Commission’s experience of implementing these tools nationally.
