The Pause Before Every Incision: Making Every Time Out Count

Jun 8
2 min read

Theme "Every Pause Protects: Strengthening Surgical Safety Through Communication, Verification, and Teamwork Before Every Incision."

The Operating Rooms (OR) Society / UAE AORN Chapter under the Emirates Nursing Association (ENA-UAE) is pleased to invite perioperative nurses, healthcare professionals, and patient safety advocates to participate in an upcoming educational webinar:

The Pause Before Every Incision: Making Every Time Out Count

📅 Date: 16 June 2025🕡 Time: 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM (GST)

This complimentary educational webinar will focus on the critical role of the Surgical Time-Out process in strengthening perioperative patient safety and preventing wrong-patient, wrong-site, and wrong-procedure surgeries. Participants will gain valuable insights into evidence-based practices that enhance surgical quality, team communication, and safety performance across a range of surgical settings.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

Define the concept of Surgical Time-Out and its role within the Universal Protocol for patient safety.
Explain the importance of Time-Out in preventing wrong-patient, wrong-site, and wrong-procedure surgery.
Identify the application of Time-Out practices in high-risk surgical environments, including robotic and pediatric surgery.
Recognize Time-Out as a clinical quality indicator and a measure of perioperative safety performance.
Strengthen perioperative nursing competence to ensure safe, accurate, and standardized Time-Out practices.

Featured Speakers

The sessions are delivered by leading subject matter experts in their respective fields, bringing global expertise and practical insights in surgical care:

Agenda

Registration

We encourage all perioperative nurses, operating room professionals, nurse leaders, and healthcare practitioners with an interest in surgical safety to join us for this important learning opportunity as we continue to advance safe surgical practice and elevate the voice of perioperative nursing in the UAE.

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