AHRQ Patient Safety Network: Implementing a standardized safe surgery program reduces serious reportable events.

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Implementing a standardized safe surgery program reduces serious reportable events.

Loftus T, Dahl D, OHare B, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2015;220:12-17.e3.

Implementation of a safe surgery program resulted in a sustained decrease in serious reportable eventswithin a health system over a 2-year period. The authors ascribe the success of the program to a planning process that involved human factors engineering approaches as well as an ongoing implementation and reinforcement program.

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