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Principles of Perioperative Safety and Efficiency

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Editors:
  1. Jamal J Hoballah

    1. Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

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  2. Haytham MA Kaafarani

    1. Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA

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  3. Georgios Tsoulfas

    1. Transplantation Surgery, Aristotle University School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece

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  • Presents the basic principles of perioperative safety and efficiency, optimization, and improvement
  • Describes measures to reduce and prevent wrong site surgery, electric burn injury, DVT and more
  • Provides a resource and reference for all operating room personnel

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Perioperative Optimization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Human Factors and Principles of Patient Safety: The James Reason Model

      • Ryan Howard, Justin B. Dimick
      Pages 3-15

    3. Preoperative Testing in the Era of Cost Containment: Is There a Limit?

      • Georgios Tsoulfas
      Pages 17-27

    4. Preventing Never Events: Checklists, Timeouts, Debriefings, and Skin Marking

      • George Molina, Alex Haynes
      Pages 29-47

    5. Reducing Perioperative Medication Errors: How to Build Safer Systems

      • Petra Khoury, Ulfat Usta
      Pages 49-67

    6. Managing the Patient on Antiplatelet, Anticoagulation, Beta Blockers, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors, Angiotensin-Receptors Blockers: The Anesthesia Perspective

      • Cynthia Karam, Wissam Maroun, Marie T. Aouad
      Pages 69-86

    7. Reducing Surgical Site Infections

      • Kamal M. F. Itani, Gentian Kristo
      Pages 87-101

    8. Perioperative Deep Vein Thrombosis Prophylaxis

      • Mohammad Rachad Wehbe, Charbel F. Matar, Ali Taher, Jamal J. Hoballah
      Pages 103-121

    9. Handling Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in the Operating Room

      • Mohammad Sabra, Marwan M. Refaat
      Pages 123-132

    10. Traffic, Attire, and Distractions in the Operating Room

      • Chrysanthos D. Christou, Jamal J. Hoballah, Georgios Tsoulfas
      Pages 133-153

    11. Handling Surgical Specimens to Decrease Errors in Pathology

      • Fouad Boulos, Michel Attieh
      Pages 155-167

    12. Blood Transfusion Safety in the Operating Room

      • Nathan D. Neilsen, Roman Dudaryk, Daniel Dante Yeh
      Pages 169-197

  3. System Design and Improvement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199
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    2. Detecting and Reporting Errors, Complications, and Adverse Events

      • Majed El Hechi, Haytham M. A. Kaafarani
      Pages 201-216

    3. Simulation Technical Training to Improve Safety in the OR

      • Rana M. Higgins, Marc A. de Moya
      Pages 217-227

    4. Teamwork and Communication Simulation to Improve Safety in the OR

      • Jamie L. Sparling, Jeffrey B. Cooper
      Pages 229-250

    5. Implementing Crew Resources Management Principles to Improve Perioperative Safety

      • Abdulelah Alhawsawi, M. Sofia Macedo
      Pages 251-268

    6. Peer Review of Perioperative Adverse Events

      • Lydia R. Maurer, Elizabeth Mort, Haytham M. A. Kaafarani
      Pages 269-275

    7. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocols

      • Timothy E. Newhook, Thomas A. Aloia
      Pages 277-293
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About this book

Perioperative safety continues to be a global challenge. It is estimated that approximately 200 million surgical procedures are performed annually worldwide, and despite various national and global safety initiatives, perioperative adverse event rates remain alarmingly high. Although hospitals and governmental agencies impose safety standards and certification by organizations such as the Joint Commission, which can address issues of perioperative safety, many hospitals in developed, developing or underdeveloped countries lack the resources or knowhow to decrease perioperative adverse events. There is a great opportunity for improving perioperative safety worldwide especially in underdeveloped or developing countries. 

Filling a gap in the literature, this book teaches healthcare providers the basic principles of perioperative safety and efficiency, including checklists and processes to reduce adverse events. Presented here are the basics of intraoperativemonitoring and safety measures to reduce patient adverse events, including wrong site surgery, electric burn injury, deep venous thrombosis, surgical site infection and foreign body retention. Emphasis is given toward developing awareness into measures preventing occupational injuries, such as sharp injury, radiation exposure, laser exposure and smoke hazard. It also addresses dealing and reporting adverse events and disruptive behaviors in the operating rooms as well as new measures for enhanced recovery following surgery and anesthesia. 


Principles of Perioperative Safety and Efficiency is a valuable resource and reference for all operating room personnel including surgeons, surgical residents, medical students and nurses. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

    Jamal J Hoballah

  • Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA

    Haytham MA Kaafarani

  • Transplantation Surgery, Aristotle University School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Georgios Tsoulfas

About the editors

Jamal J. Hoballah, MD, MBA, FACS, Department of Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Haytham M. A. Kaafarani, MD, MPH, FACS, Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA


Georgios Tsoulfas, MD, PhD, FACS, FICS, Department of Transplantation Surgery, Aristotle University School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Principles of Perioperative Safety and Efficiency

  • Editors: Jamal J Hoballah, Haytham MA Kaafarani, Georgios Tsoulfas

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41089-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-41088-8Published: 03 May 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-41091-8Due: 03 June 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-41089-5Published: 02 May 2024

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 416

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 51 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Surgery, Anesthesiology, Nursing

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