AORN asks hospitals to take the opportunity to recognize National Time Out Day and remind every member of the surgical team how critical it is to take time out for patient safety. Confirm correct patient, correct procedure, and correct surgical site before every invasive procedure.

Wrong-site surgery and other preventable mistakes still occur too frequently in US operating rooms. That's why in 2004, The Joint Commission released the Universal Protocol urging that a "time out" precede every surgical procedure to verify the correct patient information prior to incision. In support of the Universal Protocol, AORN began sponsoring National Time Out Day to raise awareness about the importance of requiring the entire surgical team—including physicians, nurses, and surgical technologists—to pause before all invasive procedures to communicate as a group and confirm key information about the patient and procedure to help prevent errors from occurring.

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LiveData and KARL STORZ will host a special National TIme Out Day webinar, demonstrating Active Time Out, the latest OR-Dashboard tool for achieving full compliance with the Universal Protocol and the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist. Featured speaker Christine Zambricki, Chief Nursing Officer and COO of Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital, will share insights about the role of Active Time Out in transforming patient safety at her facility.