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Minnesota time-out

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  • MaryW commented on the word Minnesota time-out

    hospital studies show that wrong-site surgeries are entirely preventable with clear, reviewable communications, meaningful preoperative briefings involving the patient, agreed-upon incision site marking by the surgeon and a "time-out" held after the prepping and draping. Sometimes called a "Minnesota time-out" (because the Minnesota health department implemented it throughout the state's hospitals) it includes organized role-playing where all members of the team identify themselves and state what they will do during the procedure. Everyone, including nurses, is empowered to stop the surgery the moment he or she detects a problem rather than tearfully raising it after the sawing starts.
    James B. Lieber, Killer Care: How Medical Error Became America's Third Largest Cause of Death, and What Can Be Done About It (New York: OR Books, 2015), ch. 1.

    May 16, 2016