Safe OR: Safety Checklist
By QxMD Medical Software
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Description
NOTE: ALL THE CONTENT FROM THIS APP IS NOW AVAILABLE EMBEDDED IN 'CALCULATE by QxMD'.
Safe OR is no longer supported and we strongly recommend downloading Calculate by QxMD instead at http://bit.ly/calculateQxMD
From the maker of the top selling medical App 'The ECG Guide', comes 'Safe OR'.
Review
"It’s a wonderful little application that could really save lives and it’s the kind of healthcare IT I love – dirt simple to get and use and it has immediate utility. If you’re a participant in any surgeries I’d recommend checking it out."
Shahid N. Shah
www.healthcareguy.com
The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist has recently been reported to reduce post-operative mortality by over 40%.
This checklist has now been adapted into an easy to use iPhone App.
No need to remember the 19-point checklist - run through it on your iPhone.
This tool is designed to help surgeons, anesthetists, OR nurses and other health care professionals reduce the risk of surgical complications and mortality.
Designed for use in the OR, this software was converted from cutting edge research to an iPhone app within a week of online publication. Now that's knowledge translation at its best.
Reference:
Haynes et al for the Safe Surgery Saves Lives Study Group
A Surgical Safety Checklist to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in a Global Population
Published before print at www.nejm.org January 14, 2009 (10.1056/NEJMsa0810119)
Software developed by QxMD Software. Founded my medical professionals, QxMD is dedicated to creating high quality, point-of-care tools for practicing health care professionals.
QxMD Software and Safe OR are not affiliated with the World Health Organization or the Safe Surgery Saves Lives initiative.
What's New in Version 1.1
Be sure to check out our other medical apps, such as Calculate by QxMD, The ECG Guide and Pedi STAT, all available now on the iTunes store.
iPhone Screenshots
Customer Reviews
Does what is says it does well
I don't think that alipenny understands the purpose of an app like this. It's not to provide instructions to OR attendees. Rather, it's a checklist, which when used, ensures that you don't forgot critical items. We are humans, and it is possible to forget things from time to time. By having a checklist that forces you to go through various items in a step-by-step manner, one can reduce errors caused by forgeting. As the referenced study shows, implementing this particular checklist can have dramatic results in decreasing mortality and complications during surgeries. I think it's a great idea, and if something this simple can help to prevent complications, I will definitely start to use it.
Crashes
Crashes on startup
App Crashes and no support
App will not work at all. Touch the icon and the splash screen opens then closes immediately, never gets to the checklist part. Also, I contacted tech support over two weeks ago and have yet to receive a reply.
Bottom line...look for a better app or memorize the checklist from World Health Organization.
- Free
- Category: Medical
- Updated: Feb 20, 2009
- Version: 1.1
- Size: 0.2 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: QxMD Software Inc.
- © 2010 QxMD Software Inc.
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 2.0 or later
