Ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) experience a variety of error types that can be exacerbated by poor safety culture. This webcast provided information on AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS®) Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Survey, including a review of the SOPS ASC program, survey administration, database submission, and available resources.

Examining risks in surgical care such as deviation in practice, this report outlines strategies to improve outcomes, including better adoption of care standards, determining organizational safety policies, and multidisciplinary training initiatives.

This Web site provides resources related to a collaborative effort involving more than 80 hospitals with a goal of reducing health care–associated conditions, readmissions, and serious safety events.

These testimonies addressed issues within the Veterans Affairs health system that contributed to recent sterilization and labeling lapses.

This site hosts a guideline collection as a part of the Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses' (AORN) patient safety initiative targeting the needs of perioperative registered nurses. It develops new guidelines related to patient safety issues (such as medication safety and prevention of retained surgical items) and helps health care professionals ensure that best practices are followed.