Surgical Safety Institute

Checklist. Communication. Teamwork

In surgery and in the air, the work can seem routine, yet the overall job is highly complex and unpredictable. Stress and fatigue can affect performance. And there's the challenge of working with a team of people, any one of whom could make a mistake that could ultimately end in loss of life. Then again, a member of the team could also detect an error while it can still be fixed and save the day.

October 22, 2021, 4:33 pm

News:

Dr. Richard Karl's dynamic presentation "Forty Years in Operating Rooms and Cockpits" at the Annual Cancer Symposium for the Society of Surgical Oncology is made available.

Dr. Richard Karl's article on Aviation and Medical Safety is published in the January Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery.

Airlines go two years with no fatalities

USF Health: Applying airline safety standards to the OR

Founder, Richard Karl M.D., featured in Newsweek

SSI Founder Richard Karl MD's article on safe surgery in the Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons

Surgical Safety Institute interviewed in Maclean's, Canada's Weekly News Magazine, December 4, 2006 issue

Surgical Safety Institute Recipient Of Tampa Bay Technology Forum Award

What Pilots Can Teach Hospitals About Patient Safety
- Surgical Safety Institute cited in New York Times article

Surgical Safety Institute Nominated For Emerging Technology Company of the Year award by the TBTF

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