Wednesday, January 14, 2009

The WHO/SCOAP Surgical Checklist: A System for Safer Surgery

During my pre-op prep (yes, when my vein was nowhere to be found), the assistant surgeon took a Sharpie to me and did this:

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"Why are you writing on me?" I asked Dr. Lange. He mentioned something about a checklist and a "time-out in the OR" (yes, I was envisioning a bunch of doctors and nurses pouting in the corner... but I think I was already on drugs), assuring me that it made surgery safer for me.

That made no sense to me until I saw this today:

Pretty cool, eh? I love the fact that the healthcare industry got the idea for this from the airline industry. Now that's collaboration!

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5 comments:

  1. Goofball1/15/2009 4:11 AM

    I like the idea of pouting doctors more though. haha that cracks me up.

    So I still don't get the AI itself?
    Maybe I should check my buttocks to see if there's any writing on me as well from last week :D

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  2. Anonymous1/15/2009 8:19 PM

    That was very interesting! And it makes total sense, especially after hearing of occasions of instruments and things being left inside a patient after surgery!

    So...are you not able to work at all? Or, will you be able to after a while?

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  3. Carol1/15/2009 9:00 PM

    Hi Tonya,

    I willing and able to work, but can't GO to work -- and therein lies the problem.

    Carol

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  4. Anonymous1/15/2009 10:46 PM

    Even telecommuting? Or Windows net-meeting? Or PHONE? I do know how important it is to SOMETIMES be at the office. But jeeze. In this cyber-age, you'd think you could be accommodated. At least...part time. Or something!

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  5. Goofball1/16/2009 12:22 AM

    guess what is in all Belgian newspapers today "hospitals are implementing surgical checklist"

    http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/993/Gezondheid/article/detail/618488/2009/01/16/Ziekenhuizen-voeren-checklist-voor-operaties-in.dhtml

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