An Innovative Approach to the Surgical Time Out: A Patient-Focused Model

Since the inception of the preoperative and postoperative time-outs, the team observed a substantial decrease in administrative issues, suboptimal surgical photographs, and incorrect equipment or implants. In addition, no discrepancies between team members or wrong-site surgeries have occurred. Discussing the proposed agenda for the surgery with the patient in a pre-sedation condition with all team members and family members or caregivers present has been helpful in enhancing patient safety. This surgical checklist should be considered by personnel in other specialties due to the excellent results.