Global support for Safe Surgery Saves Lives
A range of professional societies and organizations from countries worldwide have already expressed their support for the creation of a WHO Surgical Safety Checklist and the Safe Surgery initiative.
Alphabetical list of supporting organizations
- Academia Mexicana de Cirugia
- Accreditation Canada
- Action Against Medical Accidents (AvMA)
- Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin Incorporating the National Children's Hospital Department of Surgery
- Advanced System Safety Management (ASSM)
- Agencia de Calidad Sanitaria de Andalucía
- Agencia Nacional de Vigilancia Sanitaria
- Agencia Valenciana De Salud
- Agency for Healthcare Quality and Accreditation, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Cardiothoracic Centre
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons/ American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Associacion de Coloproctologia del Sur
- American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck surgery
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
- American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
- American College of Surgeons
- American Orthopaedic Association
- American Society of Anaesthesiologists
- An Bord Altranais
- Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
- Asia & Oceania Federation of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Asociacion Argentina de Ciruganos
- Asociacion Colombiana de Cirugia
- Asociacion Colombiana de Neurocirurgia
- Asociacion Costarricense de Cirugia
- Asociación de Cirujanos Pediatras de Costa Rica
- Asociación de Médicos Anestesiólogos de Costa Rica
- Asociacion Ecuatoriana De Escuelas Y Facultades De Enfermeria
- Asociacion Española de Cirujanos
- Asociación Española de perfusionistas
- Asociacion Guatemalteca de Neurocirurgia
- Asociacion Guatemalteca de Anestesiologia Reanimacion y Trtamiento del Dolor (AGARTD)
- Asociacion Guatemalteca de Cardiologia
- Asociacion Guatemalteca de Ciencias Neurologicas
- Asociacion Guatemalteca de Cirurgia Neurologica
- Asociacion Guatemalteca de Endoscopia Motilidad e Intervencion Gastrointestinal
- Asociacion Guatemalteca de Enfermeras
- Asociacion Guatemalteca de Medicina y Cirugia Amrulatoia
- Asociacion Guatemalteca de Neurologia
- Asociacion Guatemalteca de Patologia
- Asociacion Medica de Oncologos de Guatemala
- Asociacion Nicaraguense de Anestesiologia y Reanimacion (ANARE)
- Asociacion Quirurgica de Honduras
- Associacao dos Enfermeiros de Sala de Operacoes Portuhueses (AESOP)
- Association for Perioperative Practice
- Association of Anaesthesiologists, Suriname
- Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland
- Association of Nurses of Nacaragua (Asociacion de Enfermeras/os Nicaraguenses)
- Association of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeons of Malta
- Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
- Association of Surgeons of Malta
- Association of Surgeons of South Africa
- Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
- Australian College of Operating Room Nurses (ACORN)
- Australian Society of Anaesthetists
- Aut Even Hospital
- Azerbaijan Medical Association
- Beacon Hospital
- Belize Healthcare Partners Limited
- Belize Medical Associates
- Blackrock Clinic
- Bon Secours Health System
- Bon Secours Hospital Cork
- Bon Secours Hospital Galway
- Bon Secours Hospital Glasnevin
- Bon Secours Hospital Tralee
- British Anaesthetic and Recovery Nurses Association
- British Medical Association
- British Orthopaedic Association
- Caja de Seguro Social
- California Hospital Association
- California Hospital Patient Safety Organization
- Cambridge Health Alliance
- Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society
- Canadian Association of General Surgeons
- Canadian Medical Association
- Canadian Patient Safety Institute
- Children's Hospital Boston
- Children's University Hospital
- Clane General Hospital
- Clean Hands-Safer Care
- Clinica Hospital San Fernando Panama
- Clinical Indemity Scheme
- CLUB del BLOQ QUIRURGIC (CBQ) de Catalunya (España)
- Colegio Brasileiro de Cirugioes
- Colegio de Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad San Francisco de Quito
- Colegio de Enfermeras de Costa Rica
- Colegio de Medicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica
- Colegio de Profesionales de Enfermería de Honduras
- Colegio Domenicano de Cirujanos, Inc
- Colegio Médico de Peru
- Colegio Nacional de Enfermeras
- College of Anaesthesiologists of Sri Lanka
- College of Anaesthetics
- College of Operating Department Practitioners, UK
- College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa
- College of Surgeons, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia
- Comision nacional de arbitraje médico
- Connolly Hospital
- Conselho Federal de Medicina, Brazil
- Consumers Advancing Patient Safety (CAPS)
- Consumers Union
- Cork University Hospital
- Council on Surgical and Perioperative Safety
- Danish Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (DASAIM)
- Department of Health & Children, Ireland
- Department of Orthopaedics, HSE West, Mid-Western Regional Hospital Dooradoyle
- Dr Adul Muttalibali Yousif
- Dr Imad Jalilsallal
- Egyptian Society of Anesthesiologists
- Egyptian Society of Surgeons
- El Instituto Salvadoreno del Seguro Social
- Escuela Nacional de Enfermeras de Guatemala
- Ethiopian Society of Anesthesiologists Professional Association (ESAPA)
- European Association of Endoscopic Surgery
- European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Europe
- European Hospital Healthcare Federation- HOPE
- European Operating Room Nurses Association
- Faculty Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brussels University
- Federacion Argentina de Asociaciones de Anestesia, Analgesia Y Reanimacion (FAAAAR)
- Federación Argentina de Enfermería
- Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology Societies of India
- Galway Clinic
- Galway University Hospitals -University College Hospital
- Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Guyana
- Georgian Alliance for Patient Safety
- Georgian Association of Obstetric & Gynecology Anesthesiologits
- Georgian Association of Surgeons
- Georgian Association of Transplantologists
- Georgian Nurses Association
- German Society for Surgery
- Government of Saint Christopher and Nevis, Ministry of Health
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
- Greek Operating Room Nurses Association (GORNA)
- Gulf Cooperation States, Council of Health Ministers for Cooperation Council States
- Guyana Nurses Association
- Health Information and Quality Authority
- Health Management Institute of Ireland
- Health Service Executive
- Health Service Executive South
- Health Service Executive West
- Health Volunteers Overseas
- HELIOS Hospital Group, Germany
- Hermitage Medical Clinic
- HO Chi Minh City Infect. Contrl Society (HICS)
- Hong Kong Academy of Medicine
- Hong Kong Association of Specialists in Dermatology
- Hong Kong College of Obstreticians and Gynaecologiests
- Hong Kong Society of Dermatology and Venereology
- Hospital Clínic – University of Barcelona
- Hospital de Ortopedia para Niños
- Hospital del Niño, Panamá
- Hospital San Juan de la Cruz Spain
- Hospital San Miguel Arcangel Panama
- International Association for Humanitarian medicine
- International Association of MDG Trainers
- International Confederation for Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
- International Federation for Medical & Biological Engineering
- International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
- International Federation of Nurse Anesthetists
- International Federation of Perioperative Nurses
- International Federation of Surgical Colleges
- International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS)
- Internatonal Society for Quality in Health Care
- Irish Anaesthetic & Recovery Nurses Association
- Irish Association for Emergency Medicine
- Irish Association of Theatre Managers and Superindendants
- Irish Association of Vascular Surgeons
- Irish Higher Surgical Training Group
- Irish Hospital Consultants Association
- Irish Institute of Trauma & Orthapaedic Surgery
- Irish Medical Organisation
- Irish Nurses Organisation
- Irish Patients Association
- Irish Society for Quality & Safety in Healthcare
- Irish Society of Urology
- Jordanian Surgical Society
- Justin's HOPE at the Task Force For Child Survival and Development
- Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Belize
- Kimberley Hospital Complex , Northern Cape Department of Health
- Kuwait Medical Association
- Libyan Society of Anesthesiologists
- Macedonian Medical Association
- Malta College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
- Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses
- Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
- Mater Private Hospital
- Medical Council of Guyana
- Medical Women's International Association
- Mediterranean Council for Burns and Fire Disasters
- Ministerio da Saude, Brazil
- Ministerio de Salud, Peru
- Ministerio de Salud Publica y Asistencia Social, Guatemala
- Ministerio de Salud Publica, Viceministerio de Asistenica Medica Y Social, Direction Nacional de Servicio Hospitalarios, Cuba
- Ministry of Health and Social Development, Anguila
- Ministry of Health and Social Development, Antigua and Barbuda
- Ministry of Health, Bahrain
- Ministry of Health, Belize
- Ministry of Health and Environment, Commonwealth of Dominica
- Ministry of Health, Ecuador
- Ministry of Health, El Salvador
- Ministry of Health, Grenada
- Ministry of Health, Iraq
- Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Ministry of Health and Community services, Montserrat
- Ministry of Health, Oman
- Ministry of Health, Qatar
- Ministry of Health, Romania
- Ministry of Health and the Environment, St Vincent and The Grenadines
- Ministry of Public Health and Information, Yemen
- Moroccan Nurses Association
- Mothers Against Medical Error
- Mothers Against Medical Errors (MAME)
- Mount Carmel Hospital
- National Center of Quality, Safety & Accreditation of Albania
- National Concern for Health Care Infections, UK
- National Patient Safety Challenge (NHS) UK
- National Patient Safety Foundation
- Nederlandse Vereniging Van Anesthesiemedewerkers
- New European Surgical Academy (NESA)
- New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
- New Zealand Society of Anaesthetists
- North American Spine Society
- North Carolina Center for Hospital Quality and Patient Safety
- Nursing and Midwifery, Sudan
- Obstetrical & Gynaecological Society of Bangladesh
- Operating Department Nurses Section- Irish Nurses Organisation
- Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada
- Operation Smile
- Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
- Our Lady's Children's Hospital
- Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences
- Panama-Hospital Santo Tomas
- Patient Focus
- Patients for Patient Safety Canada
- Patientsafety.hu
- Philippines College of Surgeons
- Physicians for Peace
- Prince Sultan Cardiac Center
- Programa Nacional de Calidad y Seguridad del Paciente, Costa Rica
- Riyadh Medical Complex
- Rotunda Hospital
- Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- Royal College of Anaesthetists
- Royal College of Nursing
- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
- Royal College Of Physicians Ireland
- Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Safe Care Campaign
- Secretaria de Salud, Mexico
- Servizio Sanitario Regionale Emilia-Romagna, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena
- Shanakiel Hospital
- Sindicato Médico del Uruguay
- Slovenian Association of Surgeons
- Sociedad Chilena de Enfermeras de Pabellones Quirurgicos y Esterilization
- Sociedad Colombiana de Anestesiologia y Reanimacion (SCARE)
- Sociedad Colombiana de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología
- Sociedad de Cirujanos de Chile
- Sociedad de Dominicana de Anestesiología.
- Sociedad Española de Anestesiología, reanimacion y terapéutica del dolor
- Sociedad de Gastroenterología del Perú
- Sociedad de Ginecologia de Nicaragua
- Sociedad Mexicana de Medico con Especialidad de Cirurgia de Columna (SMMECICO)
- Sociedad Paraguaya de Cirugia
- Sociedad Peruana de Cirugia Cardiaca Toracica y Vascular
- Sociedad Peruana de Cirugia Plastica
- Sociedad Venezolana de Anestesiología
- Societe Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopedique et de Traumatologie (SICOT)
- Societe Marocaine d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation (SMAR)
- Societe Sciences Medicales Mauritaniennes
- Societe Tunisienne d'Anesthesie D'Analgesie et de Reanimation
- Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
- Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland
- Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)
- Spectrum Clinic & Endoscopy Research Institute
- St. John's Hospital
- St. Vincent's University Hospital
- Stiftung für Patientensicherheit (Patient Safety Foundation)
- Sudan Association of Anaesthetists
- Sudan Association of Surgeons
- Suriname Nurses Association
- Swedish Association of Health Professionals
- Swedish Association of Oral & Maxillofacial surgeons (Svensk Käkkirurgisk Förening)
- Swedish Association of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and neck surgery
- Swedish Medical Association
- Swedish Orthopaedic Association
- Swedish Society of Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Swedish Surgical Society
- Swedish Transplantation Society
- Syrian Association of Surgeons
- Tanzania Surgical Association
- Theodor Bilharz Research Institute
- TOPLUM SAGLİGİ ARASTIRMA ve GELISTIRME MERKEZI (Center for Research and Promotion of Community Health), Turkey
- Trinidad & Tobago Association of Midwives
- Trinidad & Tobago Registered Nurses Association
- Union Española de Sociedades Cientificas de Enfermeria
- Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
- University of Minnesota Medical School
- Voluntary Health Insurance Board
- Wexford General Hospital
- World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists