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		mmaunder on April 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Post-surgical deaths in Scotland drop by a third, ... Does this include the new(ish) timeout procedure? Docs and nurses will take a beat before surgery to say the patients name, what the procedure is and I think one or two other very basic things. This has been done for a few years now in the USA and I find it fascinating. So basic in such a sophisticated space and I have heard it has had a profound impact on patient safety. Any surgical staff around to tell us more?

DanBC on April 17, 2019 [–]

I'm not surgical staff. The checklist does include this discussion phase. Here's the English version: https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/450/SFHFT_-_Invasive_Pr...

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