When should a surgical time out be performed?

During a regional collaborative to prevent wrong-site surgery, discussed elsewhere, operating room managers at 27 facilities noted the durations of the ... Oct 20, 2020 ... Conclusions Errors in the timeout routine go unnoticed by the team in almost half of cases. Therefore, even if preoperative timeout routines are ... This study evaluates whether purposefully introduced errors during the timeout routine are detected and reported by the operating team members. Feb 2, 2022 ... Surgical checklist video: time out ... This video outlines step two of the World Health Organization's surgical safety checklist – time out. A ... Dec 9, 2024 ... The purpose of this study was to evaluate the implementation of surgical time-out at an academic medical center in Saudi Arabia, and to reveal potential factors Feb 5, 2025 ... Background The surgical time-out is a critical safety measure used in the operating room (OR). We examined the mediating relationship of the ... Author Greg Freeman, Executive Editor Joy Daughtery Dickinson, and Nurse Planner Maureen Archambault report no consultant, stockholder, speaker's bureau, ... Apr 22, 2022 ... The time-out procedure using a visual representation in the form of a whiteboard is an effective tool to improve intraoperative team communication, efficiency, ... Jul 26, 2018 ... A novel device that can collect frailty metrics in preoperative surgical patients in the standard clinical setting. Jun 12, 2019 ... In 2004, the Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) and The Joint Commission created National Time Out Day to help surgical teams remember the ...