Council on Surgical & Perioperative Safety Provides Useful Resources on Safe Surgery

The ACS is a member organization of the Council on Surgical & Perioperative Safety (CSPS), an organization that is dedicated to gathering and spreading information to aid in creating a safe surgical environment. The CSPS resources page currently contains endorsements and resources for 28 key safe surgery topics:

• Universal Nomenclature
• Patient Monitoring
• Transfer of Care
• Safe Surgery Checklist
• Sharps Safety
• Foreign Body Retention
• Fire Safety
• Perioperative Prophylaxis
• Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
• Violence in the Workplace
• Evidence-Based Standards of Practice
• Perioperative Medication Error
• Operative Specimens
• Maintenance of Perioperative Normothermia
• Resuscitation Plan
• Adequate Rest Periods
• Team Education and Training
• Smoke Evacuation
• Disaster Relief Response
• Prevention of Indwelling Catheter
• Noise and Distraction
• Cognitive Aids for Emergency Management
• Burn-Out
• Opioid Epidemic
• Correct Site Surgery Checklist
• Racial and Ethnic Equality
• Waste Anesthesia Gas
• Laser Safety

These topics are updated as new information or recommendations become available. Surgeons of all disciplines are encouraged to review these resources to ensure that they practice in a safe surgery environment for themselves and their patients.