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Doc-nurse teamwork cuts down on surgical complications, deaths
Hospital programs aimed at increasing physician-nurse communication and teamwork helped reduce surgery-related complications, including blood clots and infections, according to a study published
Checklist cuts surgical infections in half
Using a 12-measure checklist, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital surgeons cut wound infections of Whipple procedures by nearly 50 percent, according to a new study in yesterday's Journal of
As office-based surgeries rise, safety takes center stage
Out of about 80 million outpatient surgeries last year, including those done at hospitals and free-standing surgical centers, more than 12 million were performed in doctor's offices, the national
RI hospitals adopting surgical safety process
Never events have always been a huge concern, but with CMS and other payers refusing to cover never-event surgeries, hospitals have even more reason to eliminate them. Now, Rhode Island hospitals are
WHO introduces surgical checklist
The World Health Organization has introduced a surgical checklist designed to make sure that surgeons and operating teams follow safe pre- and post-surgical processes consistently, as well as meeting
