
checklist in the surgery room is used in 3 stages, each in. A systematic time-out in the operating room just before incision has been introduced the last two decades to help prevent wrong site surgeries and other surgical never events. Emerging evidence suggests that the use of the safety checklist in practice is unreliable and that Operating Room teams display significant variation in how they use the tool. 1 While these checklists are now ubiquitous in operating rooms, their adoption in other procedural areas is inconsistent, but no less important.
TIME OUT PROCEDURE IN OPERATING ROOM SKIN
The Joint Commission’s Board of Commissioners approved a Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, and Wrong Person Surgery for all accredited hospitals, ambulatory care centers, and office-based surgery facilities. before skin incision (Time Out) and before removing the patient from operating room (Sign. Time-out checklists reduce morbidity and mortality from surgical procedures. Recommended by AORN in accordance with Joint Commission protocolĪ Time-Out Towel, as defined by the Joint Commission, as an “immediate pause” enables the surgical team to confirm: Correct patient - Correct procedure - Correct surgical site. Intended to be used according to the standards set by The Joint Commission.


Using a "time-out" is an effective reminder to review the procedure prior to surgery to eliminate surgical wrong-site errors. For use during a surgical time out or surgical pause prior to a procedure. Case of 100, 24x16 Sterile Time-Out Towels, Cotton Woven & Biodegradable
