Kaiser Permanente Ambulatory Surgery Centers will celebrate patient safety on June 14, National Timeout Day.
For a surgical patient, their family members and friends, a wrong patient, wrong site, or wrong surgical procedure is devastating. As accredited ASCs, we are committed to helping reduce surgical errors and improve patient outcomes by taking a timeout for every patient, every time. By taking a timeout before operative and other invasive procedures, a requirement of The Joint Commission, surgical team members confirm the patient, the procedure and the surgery.
Every year, on National Timeout Day, hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers around the country are reminded to evaluate the quality of their operating rooms’ timeout process. Timeout Day was established by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses to support the protocol and build greater awareness for this important pre-op step among surgical team members.
Join us in celebrating patient safety on June 14.
