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call2actionpicMinnesota Hospital Association is conducting "SAFE SITE," a statewide campaign to prevent wrong-site surgeries (the wrong procedure being performed, or a procedure being performed on the wrong body part or patient.) To date, 120 Minnesota hospitals and outpatient surgery centers are participating. The initiative builds on the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) safe-site surgical protocol.

Following are resources hospitals and clinics are sharing, along with more information about the campaign ... more


Time-Out Toolkit
The Minnesota Hospital Association and Minnesota Department of Health have developed an implementation toolkit introducing a strengthened time-out process in health care facilities across Minnesota.

Toolkit items include:

 For inside the OR:

  • Time-out DVD "Safe Site Surgery: Recommendations for Conducting an Effective Time-Out": [watch]
  • MDH wrong site surgery fact sheet: [PDF]
  • MDH "Preventing Wrong-Site Surgery, Recommendations for Improving the Time-Out Process," training presentation: [PDF]
  • Time-out guide: [DOC]; [PDF]
  • Time-out script: [DOC]; [PDF]
  • Pre-operative verification checklist: [DOC]; [PDF]
  • Pre-operative verification auditing form: [DOC]; [PDF]
  • RN competency: [DOC]; [PDF]
  • CST competency: [DOC]; [PDF]
  • Pre-operative team communication guide: [DOC]; [PDF]
  • Pre-operative site marking: [DOC]; [PDF]
  • Dental chart: [DOC]; [PDF]
  • Safe Site poster: [PDF]


For outside the OR:

  • Pre-operative verification checklist: [DOC]; [PDF]
  • Pre-operative verification auditoring form: [DOC]; [PDF]
  • Time-out script: [DOC]; [PDF]
  • Time-out guide: [DOC]; [PDF]
  • Time-out (stopsign) poster: [PDF]
  • MDH wrong site surgery fact sheet: [PDF]
  • Dental chart: [DOC]; [PDF]

For more information, contact Julie Apold, director of patient safety at MHA, (651) 603-3538 or (800) 462-5393. Note: You may copy, translate, distribute and present the TIME-OUT Toolkit items above as long as you reference the Minnesota Hospital Association and the Minnesota Department of Health as the source of this material.




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