Patient Safety Committee
The Patient Safety Committee serves the Academy and the public by monitoring patient safety issues and programs as they relate to orthopaedic surgery, care, and practice. The Patient Safety Committee interacts with governmental and private organizations such as the Joint Commission, the World Health Organization, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop programs and materials that increase safe practices in orthopaedics.
Patient Safety Program
- Sign Your Site
- Patient Safety Curriculum
- Ambulatory Surgery - Preoperative Checklist (in PDF format)
- Ambulatory Surgery - Postoperative Checklist (in PDF format)
- Office-Based Surgery - Preoperative Checklist (in PDF format)
- Office-Based Surgery - Postoperative Checklist (in PDF format)
- Medication Safety Brochure (in PDF format)
- Medication/Supplement/Herbal List (in PDF format)
- Infection Prevention (in PDF format)
- Improving Communication (in PDF format)
- Patient Safety Member Alerts (Members Only)
Position and Information Statements
- Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Bacteremia in Patients with Joint Replacements
- Preventing the Transmission of Bloodborne Pathogens
- Recommendations for the Use of Intravenous Prophylactic Antibiotics in Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty
- Wrong Site Surgery
- Prevention of Medication Errors
- Medical Error/Patient Safety Reporting Systems
Articles
Scientific Exhibits (All in PDF format)
Upcoming Meetings/Events
- 2009
- October 30: Committee Meeting, AAOS Headquarters, Rosemont, IL
• 2010
- March (TBD): Committee Meeting, AAOS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA
- June (TBD): Committee Meeting, AAOS Headquarters, Rosemont, IL
- October (TBD): Committee Meeting, AAOS Headquarters, Rosemont, IL
Resources
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Team STEPPS
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Joint Commission
- National Patient Safety Foundation
- World Health Organization
Committee Information
Guidelines and Technology Overviews
Evidence Based Medicine (EBM)
Surveys
Facts and Figures
Library
Unified Agenda
Awards & Opportunities
Research Council & Committees
- Council on Research, Quality Assessment, and Technology
- Biological Implants
- Biomedical Engineering
- Evidence Based Practice
- Guidelines and Technology Oversight
- Occupational Health and Workers' Compensation
- Patient Safety
- Research Development
- U.S. Bone and Joint Decade
Regulatory Activities
Quality Initiatives
