Lunch and Learn: Surgical Safety

New to 2023, our monthly Lunch and Learn series focuses on providing you with rapid updates on patient care and skills based topics.  

This 30 minute Lunch and Learn webinar on Surgical Safety will discuss how to run the checklist including the role of perioperative team members and utilisation of Non Technical Skills (NTS) to enhance patient safety and reduce errors during surgical procedures.  

The session includes:

• What is the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist
• Team Briefing & Debriefing - (at the beginning of the day / start of the list / end of the day)
• Sign In; Team Final Check (Time Out) & Sign Out
• How to perform Surgical Safety, roles and responsibilities
• Consequences of harm
• The role of NTS in the operating theatre

Participation in this webinar gives you access to interactive polls to test your knowledge and opportunity to discuss with the panel any questions you have around Surgical Safety.

You should attend this webinar if you work in the operating theatre (OT) as an Instrument/Circulating Nurse (Scrub/Scout); Anaesthetic Assistant or any role resulting in your attendance in the OT during a procedure and want a better understanding on how you can enhance patient safety and mitigate associated risks.