Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Review

Safe Surgery Saves Lives

Francesco Venneri  1 , Lawrence B. Brown  2 , Francesca Cammelli  3 , Elliott R. Haut  4
Liam Donaldson  1 , Walter Ricciardi  2 , Susan Sheridan  3 , Riccardo Tartaglia  4
, editors.
In: Textbook of Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Management [Internet]. Cham (CH): Springer; 2021. Chapter 14.
.
Affiliations
Free Books & Documents
Review

Safe Surgery Saves Lives

Francesco Venneri et al.
Free Books & Documents

Excerpt

The World Health Organization (WHO) Safe Surgery Saves Lives campaign aimed to implement safe surgical procedures and patient safety best practices to reduce the incidence of adverse events both in the operating room and in the ward. For decades, the main objectives of safe surgery were mainly focused on the technical procedure. More recently, the implementation of non-technical skills and interpersonal communication have been found to play a significant role in preventing harm in surgical care settings.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. Reason J. In: Vincent CA, editor. Clinical risk management. London: BMJ; 1995. p. 31–4.
    1. Vincent CA. Risk, safety and the dark side of quality. Br Med J. 1997;314:1775–6. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Kohn LT, Corrigan JM, Donaldson MS. To err is human: building a safer health system. Washington, DC: Institute of Medicine, National Academy Press; 1999. - PubMed
    1. Reason J. Human error: models and management. BMJ. 2000;320:768–70. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Helmreich RL. On error management: lessons from aviation. BMJ. 2000;320:781–5. - PMC - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources