Tools to Help Prevent Surgery Errors

Surgery error statistics are counted in terms of medical instruments left behind, and if the wrong site was surgically cut or removed.  When we think of surgery hazards at campaignZERO, we include surgery-site infections, which happen with greater frequency.

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Here’s how you can make a big difference for a safe surgery:

• Supply your loved one with anti-bacterials for germ-free body and hair.
• Use safe body markers to indicate surgical site and name of surgery. Mark for allergies, blood type and other conditions, too.  (See checklists.)
• Keep your loved one toasty warm—before and after surgery. (Ask the surgery team to help keep your loved one warm in the operating and recovery rooms, too.)

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• What’s the Harm in Health Care?

  It's a fact: 1-in-3 hospital patients is accidentally harmed every year in U.S. hospitals.

  
  

  300,000 patients die by accident too -- equal to 3 jets crashing every single day of the year.

  
  

  We have smart, caring nurses and doctors -- but hospital care is complex. Resources are strained. And everyone suffers when patients are harmed.

• The solution? Simple Checklists!

  Every patient needs someone with them in the hospital to be their "quarterback for care" -- but very few of us are prepared.

  
  

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  - What to look for

  - What to do

  

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