To just present you the background of our project, first, safe and quality…second, IPSG.Ĥ What is Timeout? Time-out occurs just before surgery is recognized as an effective methodology to reduce the risk of wrong patient, wrong site and wrong procedure surgeries. In the United States (US) these errors happen up to 40 times per week (Institute for Healthcare Improvement, 2014), leading to estimated 1300 to 2700 wrong procedures annually in the United States (S. Team Leader Shukrullah Ahmadi, AHR, OR Members HOD, Anesthesia, Peads Cardiac Surgery, General Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery Resident, ENT Surgeon, HN- OR, AHN, surgical unit of FMIC Facilitators Administrator, FMIC Nursing Divisionģ Background Wrong patient, wrong procedure and wrong site surgeries are concerns of patient safety in operating rooms worldwide. Presentation on theme: 'Ensuring Patient Safety in Operating Room: Improving Time-Out Compliance (Quality Improvement Project) Presenter: Shukrullah Ahmadi, BSN (Aga Khan University,'- Presentation transcript:ġ Ensuring Patient Safety in Operating Room: Improving Time-Out Compliance (Quality Improvement Project) Presenter: Shukrullah Ahmadi, BSN (Aga Khan University, Pakistan) Assistant Head Nurse French Medical Institute for Children, Kabul, Afghanistan MPH candidate (EHESP, France)Ģ A project by Multidisciplinary Team of Operating Room (OR)

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