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Safe Surgery NZ teamwork & communication video 4: Briefing
Video 4 in the teamwork and communication roll-out.
- Safer surgery journal articles (long and short versions, updated August 2021)
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Southern Cross Hospitals surgical safety checklist posters
Surgical safety checklist posters (sign in, time out, sign out) from Southern Cross Hospitals.
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Keeping you safe during surgery – surgical safety brochure for patients
Brochure for patients to explain the various elements of the surgical safety checklist.
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Surgical briefings are an efficient way to start the day
Briefings 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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Video: Surgical briefing and debriefings
This video from the Commission's Reducing Perioperative Harm programme demonstrates best practice for briefing and debriefing sessions, based on the World Health Organization's surgical safety checklist.
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Surgical checklist video
This video outlines the steps of using the World Health Organization's surgical safety checklist – sign in, time out and sign out.
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Frequently asked questions about the Safe Surgery NZ programme
This document covers frequently asked questions for the Safe Surgery NZ programme including the surgical safety checklist, briefing, debriefing and collection of data for the safe surgery quality and safety marker.
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Frequently asked questions about surgical site infections
These frequently asked questions about surgical site infections were written by the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) and answer questions such as 'What is an SSI?' and 'Can SSIs be treated?'.
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Surgical site infection rate is higher following hip and knee arthroplasty when cefazolin is underdosed
This paper by Dr Arthur Morris, Dr Sally Roberts, Nikki Grae and Dr Chris Frampton highlights increased rates of infection following hip and knee arthroplasty when cefazolin is underdosed.