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Article: SCIP tip sheet seeks to involve patients.
- Article from:
- HealthCare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
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SCIP tip sheet seeks to involve patients
Initiative begins consumer-focused phase
The Oklahoma City, OK-based Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) has begun a consumer-focused phase that will include the tip sheet, "Steps to Safer Surgery," which gives patients specific questions to ask physicians and nurses before surgery to ensure the care provided will reduce the likelihood of complications.
The goal of the SCIP national partnership is to reduce by 25% the incidence of the most common preventable surgical complications — infection, blood clots, and adverse cardiac and respiratory events — by 2010. SCIP's steering committee ...