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