Committee on Perioperative Care
(Established in 2002 by combining the Committee on Operating Room Environment [CORE] and the Committee on Pre- and Postoperative Care).
About the Committee on Perioperative Care
ACS Statements
- Statement on medical and surgical tourism
- Statement on recommendations for uniform use of real-time ultrasound guidance for placement of central venous catheters
- Statement on the use of cell phones in the operating room
- Statement on sharps safety
- Statement on blunt suture needles
- Statement on the prevention of retained foreign bodies after surgery
- Statement on surgical technology training and certification
- Statement on ensuring correct patient, correct site, and correct procedure surgery
- Statement on health care industry representatives in the operating room
Other Perioperative Websites of Interest
CORE's Comments on FDA Proposed Regulations: Surgeon's Patient Examination Gloves; Reclassification (1999)
Readings on Perioperative Care Issues
- Infection in the OR: Best Practices for the New Millennium
- Report on Symposium IX: Toward the Perfect OR: Optimizing the Quality of the Operating Room by Team Participation
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) (formerly Office of Evidence-Based Surgery)
Revised May 23, 2011