General Information

• Calendar of Events: [DOC]
• Roadmap to a Comprehensive Safe Site Procedural Program: [PDF]
• Table of Invasive, High-Risk or Surgical Procedures: [PDF]
• SAFE SITE Poster, (print size is 11" x 17"): [PDF]
• Wrong Site Dental Visit Video: [WMV: 4MB]
• Site Marking Recommendations and Guidance
• Safe Site Recommendation for Interventional Radiology: [DOC]
• Safe Site Recommendations for Anesthesia: [DOC]
• Site Marking Recommendations and Guidance: [PDF]
• Pressure Ulcer Prevention in the O.R., Recommendations and Guidelines: [PDF]
  
  

Conference Presentations

• Slide presentations from Call to Action session, "Procedures Outside the OR," May 30, 2008:
  
  --"Safe Site Procedure Best Practices Outside the Operating Room," Marietta Farris, BSN, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis: [PPT]
  --"Invasive Procedures Outside the OR -- Learnings from Minnesota Reporting," Diane Rydrych, assistant director, division of health policy, Minnesota Department of Health: [PPT]
  --"Applying Human Factor Principles for an Effective Time-Out Process Outside the Operating Room," Kathleen Harder, Ph.D., director, center for human factors systems research and design, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis: [PPT]
  --(See also "Additional Tools, Procedures Outside the OR" on this Web page, below)
  
  
• Slide presentations from Call to Action kick-off session, Dec. 4, 2007:
  
  --"Welcome and Overview of the SAFE SITE Initiative," Julie Apold, director of patient safety, Minnesota Hospital Association, St. Paul: [PPT]
  --"Creating a SAFE Culture," Dana Langness, R.N., BSN, director of surgical services, Regions Hospital, St. Paul: [PPT]
  --"Applying Just Culture to the Operating Room," Alison Page, chief safety officer, office of clinical affairs, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis: [PDF]
  --"A Tale of Two Surgeons," David J. Dries, MSE, M.D., assistant medical director, surgical care, HealthPartners Medical Group, Regions Hospital: [PDF]
  --"SAFE SITE Surgery Learnings from Minnesota," Diane Rydrych, assistant director, division of Health Policy, Minnesota Dept. of Health; Dana Langness, R.N., BSN, director of surgical services, Regions Hospital, St. Paul: [PPT]
  --"Implementing a SAFE Infrastructure," Dana Langness, R.N., BSN, director of surgical services, Regions Hospital, St. Paul: [PPT]
  --"Applying Human Factors Principles for an Effective Time-Out Process," Kathleen Harder, Ph.D., director, center for human factors systems research and design, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis: [PPT]
  --"Implementing the SITE Bundle," Dana Langness, R.N., BSN, director of surgical services, Regions Hospital, St. Paul: [PPT]
  
  
• MHA conference calls:
  
  --Oct. 22, 2009: [listen]
  --Sept. 9, 2009: [listen]
  --May 19, 2009: [listen]
  --Feb. 17, 2009: [listen]
  --Dec. 2, 2008: [listen]
  --Aug. 18, 2008: [listen]
  --July 29, 2008: [listen]
  --May 26, 2008: [listen]
  --March 25, 2008: [listen]
  --Jan. 29, 2008: [listen]
  

You may copy, translate, distribute and present the following SAFE SITE Tool Kit items as long as you reference the Minnesota Hospital Association as the source of this material. AFE SITE TEAM SAFE SITE Team - Example: [DOC] Physician Champion: [PDF] CCESS TO INFORMATION Surgical Procedure Checklist: [DOC] Non-OR Invasive Procedure Checklist: [DOC] Verification Form: [PDF] Verification of Surgical Site Audit Tool: [PDF] Critical Audit Elements for the OR: [DOC] Patient Safety Operative Verification Auditing Form: [DOC Universal Protocol Observational Audit: [DOC] Good Catches Form: [PDF] Safety Climate Survey: [DOC] and [PDF] Safety Attitudes Questionnaire: [PDF] SAQ User's Guide: [PDF] Data Report Examples: [PPT] ACILITY EXPECTATIONS Site Marking and Verification Steps: [DOC] Policy and Procedure - Example 1: [PDF] Policy and Procedure - Example 2: [DOC] Policy and Procedure - Example 3: [PDF] Senior Leadership Checklist: [DOC] Can a Nurse Stop a Surgeon Article: [link] DUCATE STAFF AND PATIENTS Operating Room Correct Site Verification Quiz: [DOC] Operating Room Correct Site Competency: [DOC] Staff Learning Packet: [DOC] Patient Education Tool: [PDF] IGN SITE WITH INITIALS Universal Protocol Policy Site Marking Language: [DOC] Reference page to P&P: [DOC] NFORMED CONSENT AND VERIFICATION Bedside Procedure Verification: [PDF] Reference page to P&P: [DOC] IME-OUT "Time-out Quest for Strength" Tool Kit (see Web page) Time-out Poster: [DOC] Time-out Sample Script: [DOC] Time-out Interview Questions: [DOC] Reference page to P&P: [DOC] FFECTIVE COMMUNICATION Preflight checklist Article - OR Manager: [PDF] Operating Room "Time-Out" Briefing: [PDF] Post Procedure Debriefing: [PDF]

Additional Tools Procedures Outside the OR: Policy and procedure example: [PDF] Invasive procedure safety checklist: [PDF] Verification documentation: [PDF] Patient safety sheet: [PDF] Interventional radiology article: [PDF] Radiology safety: [PPT] Radiation oncology policy: [DOC Bedside procedure verification: [PDF] Cath lab checklist: [PDF]    (Click on graphic to view Time-Out Tool Kit).