Other Titles

Global Surgical Safety Concerns

Abstract

In alignment with the World Health Organization’s Patient Safety Challenge: Safe Surgery Saves Lives, a frontline interprofessional team used simulation to design the implementation of its customized safe-surgery checklist. Attendees will identify key phases of the checklist, individual and team-based behavior changes required, and benefits of simulation.

Notes

This session was accepted for presentation at the International Nursing Research Congress 2017, but not presented.

Author Details

Maura E. Porricolo, DrNP, MPH - Learning Network, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA; Joanne Shaw, MSN - Network Performance, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA; Merona Hollingsworth - Montefiore Einstein Center for Innovation in Simulation (MECIS), Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA

Sigma Membership

Zeta Omega at-Large

Type

Presentation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Simulation, Surgical Checklist, Teamwork

Conference Name

28th International Nursing Research Congress

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Dublin, Ireland

Conference Year

2017

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The Use of Simulation to Inform the Adoption of a Safe-Surgery Checklist

Dublin, Ireland

In alignment with the World Health Organization’s Patient Safety Challenge: Safe Surgery Saves Lives, a frontline interprofessional team used simulation to design the implementation of its customized safe-surgery checklist. Attendees will identify key phases of the checklist, individual and team-based behavior changes required, and benefits of simulation.