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Document Status of the Pre-Procedure Safe Surgery Checklist Elements

  1. Expand the Pre-procedure Safe Surgery Checklist/Timeout panel in the ASC - Intake template.
  2. To change the status of the timeout element, perform one of the following steps:
    • To document a status of Completed, click a timeout element.
    • To document a status of Not Applicable, double-click the timeout element.
    • To clear a Not Applicable status, click the timeout element with a Not Applicable status.
    • To change the status from Completed to Not Applicable, click the timeout element with a Completed status.

      The status changes to Not Applicable. Move second statement to List Continue.

    After documenting the status of the timeout elements, select Timeout completed and documented with all team members present.

    The system populates the Completed by, Date, and Time fields with current user logged onto the system, today's date, and current system time in the respective fields.

    Pre-procedure Safe Surgery Checklist/Timeout