STRATEGIES FOR PROMOTING SAFE SURGERY: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

Surgical centers are hospital environments responsible for a significant proportion of deaths or injuries caused by health care, most of which are caused by adverse events. This study is justified by the importance of knowing about surgical centers and promoting the safety of patients undergoing surgical procedures. The objective of this research is to know the strategies used in surgical centers to promote patient safety. This study refers to a narrative literature review research, which carried out a search in the Portal de Periódicos databases of the Higher Level Improvement Coordination and Virtual Health Library, data collection took place in June 2023 and the data analysis used recognition, exploratory, selective and interpretive readings. Five articles were part of the research corpus, published in national and international journals, in Portuguese and English, from 2018 to 2023. All articles analyzed addressed strategies to reduce adverse events in surgeries, thus promoting patient safety. The analysis of the present work made it possible to verify that it is extremely important to stimulate a safety culture and to be engaged in actions such as the use of the checklist.