Reducing Medical Errors in the OR

Course overview

The OR is a complex environment. Highly trained individuals interact in a specialized setting with sophisticated and technically complicated devices, instruments, and equipment. There are also substantial differences among team members related to education, experience, skill level, influence, and formal and informal power. This course will inform nurses and surgical technologists of the evidence-based steps to take to create a culture of safety in the OR. The goal of this course is to inform surgical technologists and nursing professionals how to reduce errors by creating a culture of safety in the perioperative setting.