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By Esther Espuñes, EORNA President Over the past two months, we have explored what makes surgery safer—from preventing surgical site infections and protecting sterility, to managing risk, measuring quality and learning from adverse events. Throughout these reflections, one thing has become increasingly clear: perioperative nurses are at the heart of safe surgical care. But being…
By Esther Espuñes, EORNA President Last week, I reflected on why measuring quality matters and how meaningful indicators can help us identify risks, understand variation and improve perioperative care. But data alone cannot create safer systems. We also need to learn from what goes wrong. Adverse events, near misses and sentinel events are difficult moments…
By Esther Espuñes, EORNA President Last week, I reflected on the importance of anticipating risk and learning from errors, near misses and sentinel events. But prevention and improvement require something more: we need to know whether our actions are actually making a difference. Quality in perioperative nursing cannot be based on perception alone. What we…
By Esther Espuñes, EORNA President Last week, I reflected on the silent work of Sterile Services and the essential role of perioperative nurses in protecting patients beyond the operating room. This week, I want to bring that focus back into the OR, where multiple risks come together in a complex and constantly changing environment. Risk…
By Esther Espuñes, EORNA President Last week, I reflected on sterility as the invisible foundation of safe surgery. But behind every sterile instrument and every safe surgical procedure, there is a team whose work often remains unseen: Sterile Services, or Central Sterile Services Department (CSSD). A safe CSSD depends first on a well-designed workflow, ensuring…
By Esther Espuñes, EORNA President Last week, I reflected on why safe surgery begins before the first incision. This week, I want to focus on a principle that defines perioperative excellence: every step matters. The 7S Bundle (developed by Surgical Infection Consultants Maureen Spencer and Peter Graves) reminds us that preventing surgical site infections is…
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