STANDARDIZATION: PERIOPERATIVE POINT OF CARE BEST PRACTICE

Authors

  • Muriel Shewchuk

Abstract

Standardization is used to develop, implement and sustain repetitive technical practices among team members. Standardization presumes personnel use a detailed, documented, well understood, consistent order and sequence details for initiating and progressing through a technical process. Standardization infers a common goal of safety, accuracy, efficacy, efficiency and quality. Personnel in Surgical Suites/Operating Rooms (OR’s) perform millions of single repetitive technical skills, each with a potential impact on patient outcome and team members. Individual diversity, when performing the details of each task, opens the door to increased error, patient risk, wasted time and interstaff frustration. Just imagine if industry allowed individual variances in processes.

Author Biography

Muriel Shewchuk

Muriel Shewchuk RN, BScN, CPN(C), has over five decades of comprehensive perioperative clinical, teaching, administrative and consulting experience. She has been extensively involved with ORNAC and ORNAA Boards including National and Provincial Conference Planning, Standards of Practice development, publication of leadership articles, and presenter at international, national and local perioperative conferences. Muriel is currently Co-Chair of Canadian Operating Room Leaders Group (CORL) that focuses on leadership education in Canada.

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Published

2014-03-01

How to Cite

Shewchuk, M. (2014). STANDARDIZATION: PERIOPERATIVE POINT OF CARE BEST PRACTICE. Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada Journal, 32(1). Retrieved from https://ornacjournal.ca/index.php/ornac/article/view/12267

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 1 (2014): March/mars 2014

Section

ORNAC Network