**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Perioperative**
Offering a concise yet comprehensive review of current practices in surgery and patient safety, Handbook of Perioperative and Procedural Patient Safety is an up-to date, practical resource for practicing surgeons, anesthesiologists, surgical nurses, hospital administrators, and surgical office staff. Edited by Drs. Juan A. Sanchez and Robert S. D. Higgins and authored by expert contributors from Johns Hopkins, it provides an expansive look at the scope of the problem, causes of error, minimizing errors, surgical suite and surgical team design, patient experience, and other related topics.
Presents the knowledge and experience of a multidisciplinary team from Johns Hopkins University, which created the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP), an approach for improving safety culture and engaging frontline clinicians to identify and mitigate defects in care delivery
Discusses the scope and prevalence of perioperative harm, causes of error in healthcare, and perioperative never events
Covers safe practices, cognitive workload and fatigue, and the effects of noise in the OR
Includes several team-based chapters such as the dynamics of surgical teams, safer perioperative team communication, and the culture of safety
Consolidates today's available information and guidance into a single, convenient resource
1. The science of human error
2. The scope and prevalence of perioperative harm
3. Systems thinking in the operating room
4. Culture of safety
5. Dynamics of surgical teams
6. Structured perioperative team communication
7. Human factors and ergonomics in the operating room
8. Prehabilitation and enhanced recovery after surgery
9. Preoperative preparation of the surgical patient
10. Designing safe procedural sedation: adopting a resilient culture
11. Enhancing medication safety during the perioperative period
12. Surgical site and other acquired perioperative infections
13. Occupational well-being, resilience, burnout, and job satisfaction of surgical teams
14. Redesigning the operating room for safety
15. A perioperative safety and quality change management model and case study: Muda Health
