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Throw Away The Script - Outpatient Surgery Magazine - February 2019

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culator completes. It asks patients about allergies they have, confirms the correct surgical site, rechecks that required paperwork is present and complete, ensures the patient is NPO and makes sure needed equipment and implants are in the OR. Since rethinking and reemphasizing our hospital's culture of safety, more near-misses have been reported, but fewer of them have result- ed in patient harm. That means our staff is more aware of breaches in safety policies, but fully engaged in using the checks we have in place to ensure inevitable lapses don't result in adverse events. A good start Improving patient safety doesn't require a complete overhaul of your policies and procedures, but it does demand reemphasizing basic prac- tices that you should implement for a reason: they work. You can begin to change your safety culture by sending your team on its way each morning with a call to protect patients from harm. And if you're lucky, like us here at LBJ, your facility's name rhymes with day. OSM Ms. Fisher (kathy.fisher@harrishealth.org) is the nursing program man- ager of perioperative services and gastroenterology at Harris Health System in Houston, Texas. F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 9 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y. N E T • 3 3

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