Surgery

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1. Survey: Consultation on baseline information for discussing new surgical procedures

   • UK
   • Innovation
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     • UK
     • Innovation
     • Surgery - General
     • Decision making
     • Research
     • Survey
     • Patient engagement
     • Communication

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, Wednesday at 12:26

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2. Why are intra-operative surgical Never Events still occurring in NHS operating theatres?

   • Leadership
   • Safety management
   • (and 10 more)

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     • Leadership
     • Safety management
     • Safety culture
     • Team leadership
     • Speaking up
     • Communication
     • Never event
     • Near miss
     • System safety
     • Surgery - General
     • Checklists
     • Operating theatre / recovery

   By Nigel Roberts, 15 September

   • 5 comments
   • 383 views
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   • Comment by zali
   • 19 September

3. The optimal time and method for surgical prewarming: A comprehensive review of the literature (1 September 2016)

   • Surgery - General
   • Pre-op period
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Surgery - General
     • Pre-op period
     • Post-op period
     • Safety process
     • USA
     • Nurse

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 9 September

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   • 15 views
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   • 9 September

4. Why we pre-warm our patients: Maintaining normothermia throughout surgery gets a head start in pre-op (25 September 2012)

   • Pre-op period
   • Patient
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Pre-op period
     • Patient
     • Surgery - General
     • Safety process
     • USA

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 7 September

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   • 7 September

5. Surgical fires: Why are they not classed as Never Events? (August 2022)

   • Never event
   • Surgery - General
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     • Never event
     • Surgery - General
     • Checklists
     • Staff safety
     • Patient safety incident
     • Human factors
     • Training

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 2 September

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   • 233 views
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   • 2 September

6. NICE guidance - Hypothermia: prevention and management in adults having surgery (14 December 2016)

   • Surgery - General
   • Adult
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     • Surgery - General
     • Adult
     • Monitoring
     • Post-op period
     • Pre-op period

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 30 August

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   • 30 August

7. A prospective comparative study between prewarming and cowarming to prevent intraoperative hypothermia (2019)

   • Surgery - General
   • Safety process
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     • Surgery - General
     • Safety process
     • India
     • Pre-op period
     • Post-op period

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 30 August

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   • 30 August

8. Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation Trust: Surgical HIT lists do 'a month's worth' of surgeries in a day (2 August 2022)

   • Surgery - General
   • Long waiting list
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Surgery - General
     • Long waiting list
     • Surgeon
     • Innovation
     • Productivity
     • Operating theatre / recovery

   By Patient Safety Learning, 9 August

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   • 139 views
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   • 9 August

9. Impact of adverse events on surgeons (April 2022)

   • Surgeon
   • Research
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Surgeon
     • Research
     • Human error
     • Surgery - General
     • Staff support
     • Mental health

   By Patient Safety Learning, 30 June

   • 0 comments
   • 113 views
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   • 30 June

10. Assessment of the incidence and nature of adverse events and their association with human error in neurosurgery. A prospective observation (20 December 2021)

    • Surgery - Neurosurgery
    • Human error
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Surgery - Neurosurgery
      • Human error
      • Patient safety incident
      • Human factors
      • Research

    By Patient Safety Learning, 25 June

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    • 25 June

11. Human factors - Safer surgery checklist (June 2022)

    • Human factors
    • Surgery - General
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      • Human factors
      • Surgery - General
      • Checklists
      • Ergonomics
      • Leadership
      • Teamwork
      • Cognitive tasks
      • Communication
      • Team culture

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 16 June

    • 0 comments
    • 519 views
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    • 16 June

12. National Joint Registry: Patient decision support tool for joint replacement

    • Surgery - Trauma and orthopaedic
    • Patient
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Surgery - Trauma and orthopaedic
      • Patient
      • Risk assessment
      • Decision making

    By Patient Safety Learning, 11 June

    • 0 comments
    • 174 views
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    • 11 June

13. National Joint Registry: Surgeon and hospital profile

    • Surgery - Trauma and orthopaedic

    By Patient Safety Learning, 11 June

    • 0 comments
    • 118 views
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    • 11 June

14. Resilience and surgeons: train the individual or change the system? (6 September 2020)

    • Resilience
    • Surgeon
    • (and 6 more)

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      • Resilience
      • Surgeon
      • Surgery - General
      • Staff support
      • Mental health
      • Psychological safety
      • System safety
      • Staff safety

    By Patient Safety Learning, 29 May

    • 0 comments
    • 93 views
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    • 29 May

15. The hidden long-term risks of surgery: ‘It gives people’s brains a hard time’ (The Guardian, 24 April 2022)

    • Surgery - General
    • Research
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Surgery - General
      • Research
      • Patient
      • Patient harmed

    By Patient Safety Learning, 28 April

    • 0 comments
    • 230 views
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    • 28 April

16. Prevention and management of intra-operative pain during caesarean section under neuraxial anaesthesia: a technical and interpersonal approach (24 March 2022)

    • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
    • Pregnancy
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
      • Pregnancy
      • Recommendations
      • Womens health
      • Pain
      • Anaesthesia

    By Patient Safety Learning, 29 March

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    • 29 March

17. CORESS reports

    • Surgery - General
    • Patient safety incident
    • (and 10 more)

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      • Surgery - General
      • Patient safety incident
      • Organisational learning
      • Patient harmed
      • Near miss
      • Surgery - Urology
      • Surgery - ENT
      • Surgery - Paediatric
      • Surgery - Neurosurgery
      • Surgery - Vascular
      • Surgery - Obs & Gynae
      • Surgery - Cardiothoracic

    By Patient Safety Learning, 24 March

    • 0 comments
    • 449 views
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    • 24 March

18. Directors Cut - An Interview with Niall Downey (Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh)

    • Surgeon
    • Surgery - General
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      • Surgeon
      • Surgery - General
      • Training
      • Interview

    By Patient Safety Learning, 18 March

    • 0 comments
    • 169 views
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    • 18 March

19. Patient information: new statement about timing of elective surgery soon after infection with the virus causing COVID-19

    • Surgery - General
    • Virus
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Surgery - General
      • Virus
      • Vaccination
      • Recommendations
      • Patient
      • Pre-op period

    By Patient Safety Learning, 23 February

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    • 368 views
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    • 23 February

20. Assessing and improving teamwork in cardiac surgery (2010)

    • Surgery - Cardiothoracic
    • Teamwork
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Surgery - Cardiothoracic
      • Teamwork
      • Quality improvement

    By Becky T, 3 February

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    • 3 February

21. Royal College of Surgeons of England: Preoperative assessment and optimisation for adult surgery (June 2021)

    • Surgery - General
    • Surgeon
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      • Surgery - General
      • Surgeon
      • Adult
      • Pre-op period
      • Assessment
      • Recommendations
      • Primary care
      • Anaesthetist

    By Patient Safety Learning, 25 January

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    • 311 views
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    • 25 January

22. ‘Prep, stop, block’: refreshing ‘stop before you block’ with new national guidance (3 December 2021)

    • Surgery - General
    • Anaesthesia

    By Patient Safety Learning, 19 January

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    • 19 January

23. How regulators assess and accredit safety and quality in surgical services (2017)

    • Surgery - General
    • Quality improvement
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Surgery - General
      • Quality improvement
      • Safety assessment

    By Becky T, 17 January

    • 0 comments
    • 226 views
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    • 17 January

24. Royal College of Surgeons of England: Morbidity and mortality meetings

    • Surgery - General
    • Surgeon
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Surgery - General
      • Surgeon
      • Behaviour
      • Communication
      • Leadership
      • Information sharing
      • Staff engagement

    By Patient Safety Learning, 17 January

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    • 260 views
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    • 17 January

25. Association of surgeon-patient sex concordance with postoperative outcomes (8 December 2021)

    • Unconscious bias
    • Womens health
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Unconscious bias
      • Womens health
      • Surgery - General
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 5 January

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    • 626 views
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    • 5 January