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Safety in periop
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- 1nature of injury risksbiological, ergonomic, chemical, physical, psychosocial, cultural
- 2Top 10 hazardsalarm, medical errors using pumps, exposure to radiation burns, patient/data mismatches, failure with medical devices, air embolism, using adult measures on paeds, inadequate reprocessing of surgical instruments, caregiver distractions, surgical fires
- 3patient safety initiativesuse surgical trigger tools, case note revies, team culture assessment tools, team stability, team briefing, WHO surgical safety checklist,
- 4examples of biological risksbloodbourne pathogens, latex allergy, surgical smoke
- 5examples of ergonomic risksengineering controls, administrative controls, behavioural controls
- 6safety for nursesradiation, latex, chemicals, waste anaesthetic gases, medical gas cylinders, electrical hazards, trip and ergonomic, exposure to blood and body fluids
- 7Sharps safetyload and unloaded sharps by hand
- 8personnel risk factors of using sharpsfatigue, fast pace, poor technique, lack of a neutral zone for transfer, unshielded needles
- 9Injuries occur most often whenloading/unloading the needle
repositioning the needle
during hand to hand passing
retracting or stretching tissue with hands
tying a suture - 10What does ACORN say about sharps safetycut resistant gloves and liners
hands free passing technique in neutral zone
sharp less surgery
pass tray and single handed scalpel blade remover
wearing protective footwear - 11medication safetybuidling dialogue about safety, identifying failure points, error reporting, identifying solutions, need for standards
- 12characteristics of successful reporting systemsnonpunitive, confidentil, independent, expeert analysis, timely, responsive, systems orientated
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- Created by Elizabeth Then · Jun 13, 2018
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