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PATIENT SAFETY GOAL N0 3: “SAFE SURGERY SAVES
LIVES”
KPI 3: NUMBER OF “WRONG SURGERIES PERFORMED”
KPI 4: NUMBER OF “CASES OF UNINTENDED RETAINED
FOREIGN BODY”
INTRODUCTION
In MOH, Safe Surgery Saves Lives program has been implemented since
2009. The theme is “Safer Surgery Through Better Communication .”
It has been adopted from WHO programme and modified to suit Malaysian
scenario.
The team will effectively communicate and exchange critical patient
information to ensure safe conduct of the surgery.
OBJECTIVES
•To improve and to promote surgical safety
•To minimize surgical adverse events such as wrong surgery and
unintended retained foreign body.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF NURSES
Education and training
•Orientation Program to new staff
• CNE Hospital / Department and Unit level
•Mentor-mentee Program to all new staff or staff that just join the
team.
•The use of related forms such as PERI-OPERATIVE CHECK LIST
(SSSL_POCL_09 Version 1.0).
•National Operating Room Nursing Audit (NORNA) to be practiced in
order to upgrade knowledge and be competent nurses in the
Operating Room.
• All staff nurses in OT should be credentialed and privileged.
NURSE INVOLVED
1. Ward Nurses
2. Operating Room Nurses
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