Surgery
This programme focuses on the systematic exploration of patient safety issues in surgical specialties, such as interruptions in operating theatres and incomplete handovers.
Successful projects within this programme include the development of a protocol for safe handovers in surgical care and contribution to the development of a safety checklist for use in operating theatres.
- Communication in the Operating Theatre
- Quality of Care in Emergency Surgery
- Evaluating WHO checklist
- Information Transfer in Surgery
- Non-technical Skills in Surgery
- Surgical Checklist Implementation Project (SCIP)
- Surgical High Performance Project (HiPer)
- Teamwork and Non-technical skills
- Anaesthetic Quality Indicators
- Stress and Surgical Performance
