What are the challenges of scaling up surgical time out programs across large healthcare systems?

Best Practice Research Clinical Anaesthesiology. 2011;25:263–276. WHO guidelines for safe surgery: 2009: safe surgery saves lives. WHO/IER/PSP/2008.08- ... Jun 7, 2022 ... ... surgery. The surgical time out is designed to make certain the entire surgical team takes a pause to ensure all members of the team are on ... Additional Confirmatory “Time Out”: All work is to cease when a new surgeon arrives and assumes primary responsibility for the case, or if the patient/operative ... Some hospitals lack training in the use of the surgical "time-out" procedure. Some hospitals that did successfully implement the SSC and find improved ... Oct 1, 2023 ... The time-out (TO) can prevent adverse events but is subject to TO engagement. We hypothesize transforming the TO to an auditable, active process will improve ... Dec 30, 2011 ... It is immensely powerful at focusing and uniting a team just when it needs to perform best. Paradoxically, it is often during emergencies, when ... Apr 13, 2016 ... Incorrect surgery and invasive procedures sometimes occur on the wrong patient, wrong side, or wrong site; are performed at the wrong level; use ... The main goal of the SAFROS project was to explore whether robotic surgery carried out in accordance with safety criteria can improve the level of patient ... The world health organization implemented a surgical safety checklist in 2008 in response to adverse events in the operating room, which is now termed the ... Jun 7, 2022 ... By executing a timeout before and after the planned procedure, one can significantly decrease the number of wrong site surgeries and retained foreign bodies.