Safe Surgery System

Patient safety and efficient healthcare delivery has never mattered more.

Safe Surgery System is a patented process management and identification system linked to printed wristbands and digital photo ID to prevent wrong side / wrong site surgery, enhance theatre efficiency and reduce exposure to litigation costs.

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The Problem

  • Wrong side / site surgery is a major cause of morbidity & litigation;
  • No consistent and robust way to correctly identify a patient;
  • Paper driven process is cumbersome and inefficient;
  • No way to effectively and safely track a patient's journey through their surgical episode;
  • No automated verification of pre-operative checks.
  • Already acknowledged by the World Health Organisation as a 'must do' activity, they devised the Safe Surgical Checklist in 2008 - see here for more details.

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The Solution

  • A patented process management and identification solution, using printed RFID / bar code tags, linked to a decision support technology that is fast and easy to use.
  • The system uses an automated check list and series of traffic lights to ensure all pre-operative tasks have been performed prior to surgery.
  • The system also enables a surgeon to re-order the surgery list, efficiently measure and track the surgical journey, as well as, ensuring correct label printing for any biopsy or tests undertaken in theatre.
  • It is fully compatible with all other systems through HL7 messaging engine.
  • This solution can be procured via a Catalist Framework Agreement – Click here for details
  • Click here for SCC Platimum Support Service solution

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The Benefit

  • Patient safety

    • Robust patient identification and automated checklist reduces risk of wrong side / wrong site surgery.
    • Effective VTE risk assessment for all surgical patients.
    • Point of care printing avoids mislabelling of test samples.

  • Clinical Governance

    • Easy to follow electronic audit trail.
    • Automated patient safety incident reporting.

  • Theatre Efficiency(10-20% improvement in theatre utilisation)

    • 'Real time' theatre list management
    • Ability to track and measure theatre utilisation/‘down-time'.
    • Better patient discharge planning improves bed management.

  • Performance

    • Procedural coding enables accurate tariffing.
    • Ability for research analysis and surgical performance record.
    • Reduced litigation costs and fast payback.

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What makes Safe Surgery System the best solution?

  • MISTAKE-PROOF:

    • Digital patient ID supported by photograph eliminates errors due to patient misidentification.
    • Pre-operative checklist eliminates wrong side/wrong site surgery.

  • CLEAR:

    • 'Traffic light' system verifies that all pre-operative tasks for surgeon, anaesthetist and ward nurse have been performed: consent; site & side; imaging; patient starved; infection risk; DVT risk assessment etc.

  • STREAMLINED:

    • Highly efficient process management and error elimination can dramatically improve theatre efficiency and patient through put.

  • INTEGRATED:

    • Technology links with Safe Patient Tracking to safeguard the entire patient journey.

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