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Video: Surgical briefing and debriefings

1st July, 2022

This video from the Commission's Reducing Perioperative Harm programme demonstrates a pre-list briefing and post-list debriefing, designed to be used alongside the World Health Organization's surgical safety checklist.

It was filmed at Hutt Valley District Health Board and includes interviews from the Commission's Reducing Perioperative Harm clinical lead Dr Ian Civil, Commission chair Prof Alan Merry and Perioperative Mortality Review Committee chair Dr Leona Wilson.


Last updated: 1st July, 2022