CSPS continues to develop Safe Surgery Resources for both the patient and the perioperative team. To learn more about each resource, click on their links below:

#1 Universal Nomenclature

#2 Patient Monitoring

#3 Transfer of Care

#4 Safe Surgery Checklist

#5 Sharps Safety

#6 Foreign Body Retention

#7 Fire Safety

#8 Perioperative Prophylaxis

#9 Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

#10 Violence in the Workplace

#11 Evidence-Based Standards of Practice

#12 Perioperative Medication Error

#13 Operative Specimens

#14 Maintenance of Perioperataive Normothermia

#15 Resuscitation Plan

#16 Adequate Rest Periods

#17 Team Education and Training

#18 Smoke Evacuation

#19 Disaster Relief Response

#20 Prevention of Indwelling Catheter

#21 Noise and Distraction

#22 Cognitive Aids for Emergency Management

#23 Burn-Out 

#24 Opioid Epidemic

#25 Resuming Elective Surgery After the COVID-19 Pandemic

#26 Racial and Ethnic Equality in Surgery