Five steps to improve safe surgical procedures
There are five important steps to reduce risks and prevent adverse events, according to The Joint Commission. ACTiQ maximizes the teams efforts for these five steps and enhances the clinical team collaboration, at every step of the patient journey.
- Assess unique wrong-site surgery risks
ACTiQ equips surgical teams with a standardized tool to identify and address risks during surgery. By offering smarter workflows, checklists, surgical logistics, and patient safety alerts, ACTiQ significantly enhances the team’s ability to recognize and respond to potential risks effectively.
- Involve the patient
ACTiQ extends its utility beyond the operating room, providing a comprehensive overview of patient logistics in both the holding and recovery departments. Within the operating room, the solution displays all essential patient- and staff-specific information, as well as real-time updates on procedural progress, ensuring seamless preparation and execution during surgery. At its core, ACTiQ is designed with the safety and well-being of patients as its top priority.
- Make the Time Out role-inclusive
Different templates for checklists can be used in ACTiQ. One of these templates is the AORN’s Comprehensive Surgical Checklist to assign each surgical team member a voice in the Time Out process.
- Measure your Time Out success
All relevant patient safety & operational performance conditions are gathered from different systems in the OR and combined in our interoperable system. With this you can audit, for example, your Time Outs for accuracy, effectiveness and complete team participation to help identify improvements that can be shared and discussed.
- Create a strong sense of safety culture
Fostering a strong safety culture requires that all staff members have quick and easy access to data and performance insights. While mistakes are inevitable, it is crucial to learn from them. With ACTiQ, you can pinpoint challenges using data-driven insights. This data becomes a powerful tool for implementing changes that enhance care quality and boost employee satisfaction.
Excellence in surgery is a collective effort—a team of vigilant professionals united by a commitment to safety. It requires the courage to speak up and the use of reliable safety tools like Time Out Checklists and clinically tailored solutions integrated into ACTiQ. Only through this collaboration can we protect patients and ensure the highest standards for surgical procedures.
At NewCompliance, we are passionate, vigilant, and dedicated to delivering real-time, actionable solutions that advance patient safety. Through ACTiQ, we empower clinical teams with centralized dashboarding and analytics solutions designed to streamline workflows and drive meaningful results.
