AHRQ Patient Safety Network

The Collection > Surgical Complications

Narrow By

clear selections

Safety Target
< All

Surgical Complications

•Preoperative Complications (8)

•Intraoperative Complications (175)

•Postoperative Surgical Complications (61)

Origin/Sponsor

•Africa (1)

•Asia (12)

•Australia and New Zealand (22)

Resource Types

•Clinical Guideline (1)

•Journal Article (624)

•Legislation/Regulation (13)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (102)

•Special or Theme Issue (18)

•Tools/Toolkit (7)

•Web Resource (18)

•Grant (1)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (233)

•Active Errors (156)

•Latent Errors (42)

•Near Miss (18)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (188)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (79)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (243)

•Communication Improvement (229)

•Human Factors Engineering (190)

•Teamwork (132)

•Specialization of Care (21)

•Logistical Approaches (47)

•Culture of Safety (97)

•Technologic Approaches (71)

•Education and Training (185)

Clinical Areas

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (601)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (591)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (235)

•Patients (103)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (720)

•Psychiatric Facilities (1)

•Residential Facilities (2)

•Ambulatory Care (22)

•Outpatient Surgery (38)

•Patient Transport (2)

1 - 20 of 824

Show ExcerptDon't Show Excerpt

dropdown

COMMENTARY

The increased incidence of anesthetic adverse events in late afternoon surgeries.

Johnson J. AORN J. 2008;88:79-87.

STUDY

Handoff checklists improve the reliability of patient handoffs in the operating room and postanesthesia care unit.

Boat AC, Spaeth JP. Paediatr Anaesth. 2013 May 18; [Epub ahead of print].

COMMENTARY

Safety huddles in the PACU: when a patient self-medicates.

Setaro J, Connolly M. J Perianesth Nurs. 2011;26:96-102.

STUDY

Quality improvement project to reduce perioperative opioid oversedation events in a paediatric hospital.

Vermaire D, Caruso MC, Lesko A, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:895-902.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

AORN Guidance Statement: Safe Medication Practices in Perioperative Settings Across the Life Span.

AORN J. 2006;84:276-278, 280-283.

STUDY

Improving patient safety by understanding past experiences in day surgery and PACU.

Ross J, Ranum D. J Perianesth Nurs. 2009;24:144-151.

COMMENTARY

What happens when things go wrong?

Brandom BW, Callahan P, Micalizzi DA. Paediatr Anaesth. 2011;21:730-736.

STUDY

Wrong-side/wrong-site, wrong-procedure, and wrong-patient adverse events: are they preventable?

Seiden SC, Barach P. Arch Surg. 2006;141:931-939.

COMMENTARY

Communication in the perioperative setting.

Cvetic E. AORN J. 2011;94:261-270.

STUDY

Causes of near misses: perceptions of perioperative nurses.

Cohoon B. AORN J. 2011;93:551-565.

STUDY

Interruptions and miscommunications in surgery: an observational study.

Gillespie BM, Chaboyer W, Fairweather N. AORN J. 2012;95:576-590.

STUDY

Benchmarking surgical incident reports using a database and a triage system to reduce adverse outcomes.

Antonacci AC, Lam S, Lavarias V, Homel P, Eavey RD. Arch Surg. 2008;143:1192-1197.

COMMENTARY

Creating a culture of safety by using checklists.

Huang L, Kim R, Berry W. AORN J. 2013;97:365-368.

STUDY

Adherence to a medication safety protocol: current practice for labeling medications and solutions on the sterile field.

Brown-Brumfield D, DeLeon A. AORN J. 2010;91:610-617.

STUDY

No harm found when nurse anesthetists work without supervision by physicians.

Dulisse B, Cromwell J. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010;29:1469-1475.

STUDY

Thirty-day outcomes support implementation of a surgical safety checklist.

Bliss LA, Ross-Richardson CB, Sanzari LJ, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2012;215:766-776.

STUDY

A facilitated survey instrument captures significantly more anesthesia events than does traditional voluntary event reporting.

Oken A, Rasmussen MD, Slagle JM, et al. Anesthesiology. 2007;107:909-922.

COMMENTARY

Instrument readiness: an important link to patient safety.

McNamara SA. AORN J. 2011;93:160-164.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Perianesthesia Safety.

Windle PE, ed. J Perianesth Nurs. 2007;22:365-448.

COMMENTARY

Perioperative pharmacology: a framework for perioperative medication safety.

Hicks RW, Wanzer L, Goeckner B. AORN J. 2011;93:136-145.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Next >