Think your procedure is safe just because it happens all the time? Think again. Across the country, routine procedures—line insertions, bedside scopes, injections, and more—are being done in hallways, exam rooms, and imaging suites with alarming informality. There’s often no standardized Time Out, checklist adherence varies, and there may be no hard stop before invasive actions are taken. Why? Because power dynamics, culture, and habit have quietly taught staff that these “everyday” procedures don’t warrant the same rigor as surgery. But when a patient stops breathing due to an undisclosed allergy or suffers a retained object injury, the consequences are just as real—only now, you’re outside the safety net of the OR.
Join us for an important CHPSO Safe Table about the high impact of procedures performed outside of the OR. We’ll dive into the psychological and cultural blind spots that let safety slide—how team hierarchy silences voices, how familiarity breeds shortcuts, and why harm is more likely when safety isn’t treated as sacred everywhere. You’ll walk away with tools to challenge the status quo, make Time Outs non-negotiable, and build a culture that protects patients no matter where the procedure happens.
Presentation topics include:
- Identify common risks and sources of harm associated with procedures performed outside of the operating room, including variation in staff roles, proceduralist training levels, and patient comorbidities such as poor renal function or allergies.
- Understand how adapting Safe Surgery Checklist principles to non-OR settings can improve team coordination and prevent serious safety events, such as retained objects or adverse reactions to contrast dye.
- Explore strategies to standardize pre-procedure safety checks across disciplines and care settings
- Apply case-based insights to anticipate and mitigate critical events, including anticipating blood loss, coordinating timely lab involvement, and documenting full team engagement before and during bedside procedures.
Register via GoToWebinar.
Wednesday, June 25, 2025: 11:00 a.m.- noon (PT)
CHPSO Members will share their cases.
HQI is an approved continuing education (CE) provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing and will provide CHPSO members an opportunity to earn CEs. Provider Number CEP16793 for 1.0 contact hour.
Please contact CHPSO at info@chpso.org if you have any questions.