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ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF WARD STAFF:

Ward Nurses should abide and fill up appropriate Pre Operative Check
List which include:

1. Patient profile
2. Pre - Transfer Check List

The checking mechanism should be done properly and the Safe Surgery
Check List should be completed.
This checking can prevent error from happening.

The safe surgery check list consist of 4 parts .
1. Peri-Operative Check List
2. Operating team checklist

3. Swab and instrument count form
4. Pre discharge check

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF OPERATING ROOM NURSE :

1.Reception Area/ airlock

During receiving patients, all Operating Room Nurses need to ensure
that the Pre- Operative Check List form has been filled in completely
and correctly by the ward nurses

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