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Surgical briefings are an efficient way to start the dayBriefings take just five minutes and have a significant and positive impact on patient safety by improving communication and teamwork, reducing delays and identifying potential risks prior to surgery.
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Surgical briefings support practical decision makingAlisa Ili, theatre nurse manager and Dr Andrew Connolly, general surgeon at Counties Manukau Health, share how start-of-list briefings support their decision making.
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Surgical safety checklist postersFull set of surgical safety checklist posters, including sign in, time out, sign out, start-of-list briefing and end-of-list debriefing.
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SSI orthopaedic monitoring tool - variable life-adjusted display (VLAD) reportThe orthopaedic monitoring tool (VLAD report) is a tool to track orthopaedic surgical site infections (SSI) in your DHB. It is updated quarterly.
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Using the Health Quality & Safety Commission Surgical Site Infection investigation tool – a summary of practice points from Dr Arthur Morris, clinical lead, Health Quality & Safety CommissionThe following points summarise the information Dr Arthur Morris provided during his webinar presentation on 7 December 2021 and include the rationale for collecting specific data.
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Surgical checklist video: time outThis video outlines step two of the World Health Organization's surgical safety checklist – time out.
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Surgical checklist video: sign inThis video outlines step one of the World Health Organization's surgical safety checklist – sign in.
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Safe Surgery NZ teamwork & communication video 8: Interview 3Video 8 in the teamwork and communication roll-out.
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Safe Surgery NZ teamwork & communication video 7: Interview 2Video 7 in the teamwork and communication roll-out
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Safe Surgery NZ teamwork & communication video 3: Sign outVideo 3 in the teamwork and communication roll-out.