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The correct sequence of events should be the surgeon reads the surgical information on the consent to the patient, then the surgeon marks the surgical site with the patient’s assistance, then allows the anesthesia team to perform their procedure, and then performs a final Time-Out with the surgical team immediately prior to the surgical incision. Orthopedic surgical patients are at risk of surgical errors due the number of procedures that can be performed on the bilateral extremities. The responsibility to identify the correct surgical procedure at the correct location has expanded beyond only the surgeon. The entire surgical team is responsible for confirming the patient, surgical site, and surgical procedure. All members on the surgical team should be valued and emboldened to “speak up’ and actively participate. To help improve communication and reduce complications, surgical safety checklists have become common. In a statement published by the AAOS is 2015, they support the use of standardized surgical systems, including the use checklists, as it is critically important to keep patients safe. In 1998, the AAOS introduced the “Sign Your Site” safety program to reduce wrong-site surgeries through improved site identification. Permanent ink should be used to mark the site(s) with the patient's assistance prior to surgery, and the site(s) should be confirmed by the surgical team during the Time-Out immediately before the start of the surgical procedure. Singer et al. performed a study to evaluate the association between surgical teamwork and surgery safety checklist performance. Their results emphasized the importance of surgeon buy-in and clinical leadership to initiating and maintaining surgical safety checklists. In addition to surgeon buy-in and clinical leadership, factors that help maintain high-quality and consistent surgical teamwork were communication, coordination, respect, and assertiveness. Incorrect Answers: Answers 1, 2, 4, 5: These sequences of events are not recommended to confirm the patient, surgical site, and procedure accurately and effectively.
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