Surgery

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1. 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

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   • 78 views
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   • 28 April

2. 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

   • 0 comments
   • 107 views
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   • 29 March

3. CORESS: Case of the Month

   • 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

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   • 72 views
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   • 24 March

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

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

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     • Surgeon
     • Surgery - General
     • Training
     • Interview

   By Patient Safety Learning, 18 March

   • 0 comments
   • 77 views
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   • 18 March

5. 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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   • 218 views
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   • 23 February

6. 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

   • 0 comments
   • 156 views
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   • 3 February

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

   • Surgery - General
   • Surgeon
   • (and 6 more)

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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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   • 169 views
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   • 25 January

8. ‘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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   • 337 views
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   • 19 January

9. 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
   • 130 views
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   • Added by Becky T
   • 17 January

10. 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

    • 0 comments
    • 164 views
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    • 17 January

11. 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

    • 0 comments
    • 493 views
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    • 5 January

12. Patient views around their hernia surgery: A worldwide online survey promoted through social media (24 December 2021)

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

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      • Survey
      • Surgery - General
      • Patient engagement
      • Reports / results

    By Patient Safety Learning, 31 December, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 214 views
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    • 31 December, 2021

13. AfPP: Response to Westminster debate on preventing surgical fires in the NHS (21 December 2021)

    • Risk management
    • Surgery - General
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Risk management
      • Surgery - General
      • Never event
      • Staff safety
      • Surgeon
      • Health hazards
      • Patient harmed

    By Mark Hughes, 23 December, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 378 views
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    • Added by Mark Hughes
    • 23 December, 2021

14. House of Commons debate – Surgical fires in the NHS (16 December 2021)

    • Risk management
    • Patient harmed
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Risk management
      • Patient harmed
      • Never event
      • Staff safety
      • Surgeon
      • Health hazards
      • Surgery - General

    By Mark Hughes, 21 December, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 294 views
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    • Added by Mark Hughes
    • 21 December, 2021

15. Elective surgery using mesh to repair primary or incisional hernias in adults: SHTG recommendation for Scotland (9 December 2021)

    • Medical device
    • Surgery - General
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Medical device
      • Surgery - General
      • Recommendations
      • Scotland

    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 December, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 165 views
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    • 16 December, 2021

16. Failure to rescue following emergency surgery: A FRAM analysis of the management of the deteriorating patient (14 October 2021)

    • Research
    • Surgery - General
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Research
      • Surgery - General
      • Emergency medicine
      • Deterioration
      • Patient

    By Patient Safety Learning, 10 December, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 150 views
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    • 10 December, 2021

17. Association of Anaesthetists case reports: Invaluable learning from mistakes (29 November 2021)

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

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      • Anaesthesia
      • Surgery - General
      • Human error
      • Distractions/ interruptions
      • Organisational learning
      • Infrastructure / building / equipment

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 8 December, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 299 views
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    • 8 December, 2021

18. Preventing surgical fires: What action is being taken?

    • Risk management
    • Surgery - General
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Risk management
      • Surgery - General
      • Never event
      • Staff safety
      • Surgeon
      • Health hazards
      • Patient harmed

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 30 November, 2021

    • 1 comment
    • 1,062 views
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    • Comment by Nigel Roberts
    • 14 December, 2021

19. Dual surgeon operating to improve patient safety (24 February 2021)

    • Surgery - General
    • Research
    • (and 7 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Surgery - General
      • Research
      • Aviation
      • Skills
      • Pandemic
      • Secondary impact
      • Staff support
      • Patient harmed
      • Human factors

    By Patient Safety Learning, 12 November, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 283 views
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    • 12 November, 2021

20. CPOC: Perioperative care of people living with frailty

    • Post-op period
    • Pre-op period
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Post-op period
      • Pre-op period
      • Surgery - General
      • Medicine - Geriatric
      • Older People (over 65)
      • Collaboration

    By Patient Safety Learning, 21 October, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 348 views
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    • 21 October, 2021

21. Failure to rescue following emergency surgery: A FRAM analysis of the management of the deteriorating patient (14 October 2021)

    • Emergency medicine
    • Surgery - General
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Emergency medicine
      • Surgery - General
      • Deterioration
      • Quality improvement
      • Patient death

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 18 October, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 302 views
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    • 18 October, 2021

22. Patient experience from the vantage point of a hospitalized patient safety expert: a personal commentary (3 October 2021)

    • Patient
    • Personal reflection
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Patient
      • Personal reflection
      • Surgery - General

    By Patient Safety Learning, 15 October, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 385 views
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    • 15 October, 2021

23. "A year like no other": The impact of the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic on surgery activity in the Republic of Ireland (6 October 2021)

    • Surgery - General
    • Pandemic
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Surgery - General
      • Pandemic
      • Surgery - Trauma and orthopaedic
      • Surgery - Urology
      • Ireland

    By Patient Safety Learning, 14 October, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 264 views
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    • 14 October, 2021

24. Why perioperative care and effective monitoring matters (23 September 2021)

    • Surgery - General
    • Pre-op period
    • (and 1 more)

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

    By Patient Safety Learning, 11 October, 2021

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    • 267 views
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    • 11 October, 2021

25. Improving Patient Outcomes (ImPrOve) Initiative

    • Surgery - General
    • Digital health
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Surgery - General
      • Digital health
      • Innovation

    By Patient Safety Learning, 28 September, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 243 views
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    • 28 September, 2021