A surgical safety checklist should be used before the administration of anesthesia, making a skin incision, and prior to a patient’s departure from the operating room. The World Health Administration (WHO) provides a list of surgical checkpoints to complete throughout the course of a patient’s operation to protect them from human error and the risk of developing a post-op infection. Check the following before beginning the procedure:
- •Paiteint Idenity
- •Site
- •Procedure
- •Consent
- •Site Marked
- •Anesthesia Safety Check
- •Pulse Oximeter
