Council on Surgical and Perioperative Safety www.cspsteam.org

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Council on Surgical and Perioperative
Safetywww.cspsteam.org
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Council on Surgical and Perioperative Safety

• 7 Member Organizations
• American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)
• American Association of Surgical Physician
  Assistants (AASPA)
• American College of Surgeons (ACS)
• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
• American Society of Peri-Anesthesia Nurses
  (ASPAN)
• Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
  (AORN)
• Association of Surgical Technologists (AST)
• GOAL Improve surgical patient safety

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CSPS Mission Statement
The CSPS promotes excellence in patient safety in
the surgical and perioperative environment
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CSPS Vision Statement
The CSPS envisions a world in which all patients
receive the safest surgical care provided by an
integrated team of dedicated professionals
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CSPS Guiding Principles Values

• We are committed to implementation of all
  strategies that support safe surgery for all
  patients.
• We treat everyone with respect and appreciate
  individual and organizational differences.
• We value the diversity of our membership and
  their unique roles in the delivery of care.
• We are committed to collaboration and effective
  communication among all team members involved in
  perioperative care.
• We are committed to partnerships (regulatory,
  public, private, research agencies) that improve
  patient safety.
• We value a culture of patient safety and a caring
  perioperative workplace environment.

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CSPS Goals

1. Raise awareness of surgical patient safety and
   perioperative workplace environment issues
2. Serve as an expert knowledge resource on surgical
   patient safety
3. Collaborate with external organizations to
   advocate for surgical patient safety and a caring
   perioperative workplace environment
4. Provide or facilitate joint educational
   opportunities for members of the
   perioperative/surgical team
5. Endorse, support and utilize quality research
   initiatives in surgical patient care

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Council on Surgical and Perioperative Safety

• American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)
• Tom McKibban
• John Garde
• American Association of Surgical Physician
  Assistants (AASPA)
• Dana Gray
• Daniel Vetrosky
• American College of Surgeons (ACS)
• Lena M. Napolitano Thomas R. Russell Barbara
  Dean
• William P. Schecter Ajit K. Sachdeva
• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
• Alexander A. Hannenberg
• Mark J. Lema
• American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN)
• Kevin Dill Lois Schick
• Pamela Windle
• Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
  (AORN)
• Charlotte Guglielmi Linda K. Groah
• Sharon A. McNamara Susan K. Banschbach
• Association of Surgical Technologists (AST)

Denotes voting member
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CSPS Executive Committee
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CSPS Safe Surgery Principles

• Safe Surgery Principles
• Team Communication
• Universal Time-Out
• Workplace Safety (including fire safety)
• Correct Site Surgery
• Audible Alarms
• Universal nomenclature
• Prevention of Perioperative Infections

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Inaugural Meeting 4/28-30/2008

• Co-sponsored, CSPS with Joint Commission
  Resources
• 2-day meeting
• Keynote and Plenary Sessions
• Break-out Parallel Sessions
• 2nd Annual Meeting Perioperative Safety
  Symposium, May 8-9, 2009, Chicago, IL

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World Health Organization (WHO)

• SAFE SURGERY SAVES LIVES
• June 25, 2008 Formal launch, Wash D.C.
• Worldwide global project launch
• WHO Surgery Safety Checklist
• A tool for surgical teams to ensure that patients
  undergo the right operation at the correct body
  site with safe anesthesia
• Dr. Atul Gawande (Project Leader)

www.who.int/patientsafety/challenge/safe.surgery/e
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WHO 2nd Patient Safety Campaign

• SAFE SURGERY SAVES LIVES

www.who.int/patientsafety/challenge/safe.surgery/e
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WHO Surgery Safety Checklist

• SAFE SURGERY SAVES LIVES

www.who.int/patientsafety/challenge/safe.surgery/e
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WHO Surgery Safety Checklist
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WHO Surgery Safety Checklist
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WHO Surgery Safety Checklist
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WHO Surgery Safety Checklist
December 30, 2007