Surgical Safety
What process is performed immediately before incision to verify the correct patient, procedure, and site?
What is the Time-Out?
This is the most effective way to prevent healthcare-associated infections.
What is hand hygiene?
The three components of the fire triangle are heat, fuel, and this.
What is oxygen?
All medications on the sterile field must be identified with these.
What are labels?
The first step after instruments leave the OR.
What is decontamination?
This document must be completed before surgery and match the planned procedure.
What is the informed consent?
Surgical instruments must undergo this process before use.
What is sterilization?
This assessment is performed before procedures involving ignition sources.
What is a fire risk assessment?
This process occurs when medications are transferred from original containers.
What is medication labeling?
Sterile packages should be inspected for these before use.
What are tears, moisture, or damaged packaging?
The Universal Protocol was created to prevent these events.
What are wrong-site, wrong-procedure, and wrong-patient surgeries?
Biological indicators are used to verify this process.
What is sterilization effectiveness?
High oxygen concentrations increase the risk of this OR emergency.
What is a surgical fire?
Two qualified individuals should verify these medications before administration.
What are high-alert medications?
This document allows tracking of instruments to a specific patient or procedure.
What is sterilization traceability documentation?
This team member is empowered to stop a procedure if a safety concern is identified.
Who is any member of the surgical team?
This organization publishes evidence-based guidelines for sterile processing and perioperative practice.
What is AORN?
Staff should know the location of this fire-response equipment in the OR.
What is a fire extinguisher?
Surveyors may ask staff where to find this information about medications.
What is the medication reference or formulary?
Sterile storage areas must maintain controlled temperature and this.
What is humidity?
DNV surveyors may ask staff how they report these unexpected patient safety occurrences.
What are safety events (or Origami's)?
Surveyors may ask how staff know an instrument tray is safe for use.
What is verification of sterilization indicators and tray integrity?
RACE stands for Rescue, Alarm, Confine, and this.
What is Extinguish/Evacuate?
This medication safety practice reduces look-alike/sound-alike medication errors.
What is independent double-checking?
DNV surveyors often ask staff how they would handle a failed biological indicator.
What is removing affected items from service and following recall procedures?