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​The Canadian Adverse Event Study (Baker et al, 2004) found a 7.5% adverse events incidence rate in acute care hospitals.  Surgery was identified as the service most responsible for the care 51.4% of the time in these adverse events.

Surgical Care Safety Summit

The Canadian Patient Safety Institute hosted a surgical care safety summit in March 2014, in Toronto, Ontario, to advance a national surgical care safety action plan. 

A Surgical Care Safety Action Plan summarizes the discussions of that day and is organized around seven themes. The themes include: measurement and analysis; access to care; best practices; patient engagement; teamwork and communication; quality improvement infrastructure; and learning from surgical patient safety incidents.

ActionInvolved Experts and Organizations

Surgical Safety in Canada:

A 10-year review of CMPA and HIROC medico-legal data

  • Canadian Medical Protective Association (Co-Lead)
  • Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada (Co-Lead)
  • Accreditation Canada
  • Canadian Anesthesiologists Society
  • Canadian Institute for Health Information
  • Canadian Patient Safety Institute
  • Patients for Patient Safety Canada

​A Common Set of National Surgical Safety Indicators:

Phase One Report

  • Alberta Health Services
  • British Columbia Ministry of Health
  • British Columbia Patient Safety & Quality Council
  • Canadian Institute for Health Information
  • Canadian Patient Safety Institute
  • Eastern Health (NL)
  • Health Quality Ontario
  • Jewish General Hospital (QC)
  • McGill University (QC)
  • Nova Scotia Health Authority
  • Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada
  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital (PEI)
  • Saskatchewan Health Quality Council
  • Saskatchewan Ministry of Health
  • University of Toronto

Surgical Proactive Analysis:

​Getting ahead of harm before it happens

  • ​Atlantic Health Quality and Patient Safety Collaborative
  • Canadian Medical Protective Association
  • Canadian Patient Safety Institute
  • Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada
  • Health Quality Council Alberta
  • Health Quality Ontario
  • Manitoba Health
  • Patients for Patient Safety Canada
  • University of Calgary
  • University of Saskatchewan
  • Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Communication and Teamwork

One Page Summary: Examining Tools, Processes & Resources to Promote Communication and Teamwork in the Perioperative Setting

Full Report: Examining Tools, Processes & Resources to Promote Communication and Teamwork in the Perioperative Setting

  • Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society
  • Canadian Medical Protective Association
  • Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada
  • Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada
  • Patients for Patient Safety Canada
  • Ryerson University

Check back for progress updates on A Surgical Care Safety Action Plan.