Bridging the know-do gap in low-income surgical environments: Creating contextually appropriate training videos to promote safer surgery in Ethiopia
Creating trainings aids for improved surgical infection prevention in low-resource hospitals
Resources
Find Lifebox resources for perioperative professionals - including publications, our online learning courses, and Lifebox workshop materials
Evaluation of an adaptive, multimodal intervention to reduce postoperative infections following cesarean delivery in Ethiopia: study protocol of the CLEAN-CS cluster-randomized stepped wedge interventional trial
This protocol describes the CheckList Expansion for Antisepsis and iNfection Control in Cesarean Section (CLEAN-CS) trial evaluating our program's ability to reduce infections following CS and other obstetric and gynecological operations in Ethiopia.
Perioperative provider safety in the pandemic: Development, implementation and evaluation of an adjunct COVID-19 Surgical Patient Checklist
Our survey findings suggest that perioperative clinicians report feeling unsafe at work during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, adjunct tools such as the COVID-19 Surgical Patient Checklist can help to improve perceived safety.
Clean and Confident: Impact of Sterile Instrument Processing Workshops on Knowledge and Confidence in Five Low- and Middle-Income Countries
This study examines participants' knowledge and confidence post-TOT workshop, and moreover discusses subsequent non-Training of Trainers (TOT) workshops and observed sterile processing practices.
Global Collaboration on a UV-C Cabinet to Decontaminate and Reuse N95 Respirators in Low- and Middle-Income Environments
Working in multidisciplinary, interprofessional teams can leverage varied skill sets to enhance innovation and implementation in crisis situations.
Operating room efficiency in a low resource setting: a pilot study from a large tertiary referral center in Ethiopia
This study found a high cancellation rate, most attributable to late start times leading to delays for the remainder of cases, and lack of preoperative patient preparation.
Perioperative Provider Safety in Low- and Middle-income Countries During the COVID-19 Pandemic A Call for Renewed Investments in Resources and Training
The ongoing, severe shortage of protective equipment and training gaps should be immediately remediated to prevent the loss of healthcare workers in lower-income environments.
Sustainability of a Surgical Quality Improvement Program at Hospitals in Ethiopia
The results of the lasting impact of Lifebox’s surgical infection reduction program - Clean Cut - in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Surgery.
Takuo Aoyagi, Ph.D., American Society of Anesthesiologists Honorary Member
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) awards posthumous Honorary Membership to Aoyagi to recognize his gift to medicine that has literally touched the lives of billions.
Tribute to Dr. Takuo Aoyagi, inventor of pulse oximetry
Dr. Aoyagi’s final wish was to find a theory of pulse oximetry. We hope this tribute to him and his invention will inspire a new generation of scientists, clinicians, and related organizations to secure the foundation of the theory.
