New study shows Lifebox’s Clean Cut reduces leading cause of mortality and morbidity Today, Lifebox announces significant results for reducing surgical site infections (SSIs) by nearly half in low-resource hospital systems. A new study published in the British Journal of Surgery reports the results of Clean Cut – a Lifebox program that engages surgical teams to address the causes of SSIs.
Watch the video on the VIA home page, which focuses on Vanderbilt’s relationship with the Kijabe Hospital, in Kenya. Panning down crowded hospital corridors, the images are stark and the voices are shocked. “What do you do with a girl that needs a caesarean section?” VIA director Dr Mark Newton recalls asking a clinician at […]
Smile Train and Lifebox joins forces to launch the Safe Surgery and Anesthesia Initiative to elevate the standard of care for pediatric surgical patients around the globe.
SINGAPORE- March 6, 2024 – In a significant move to improve safety for millions of people undergoing surgery each year, the world’s largest cleft-focused organization, Smile Train, and the safer surgery global nonprofit, Lifebox, have come together to urge health care systems and equipment standard guidelines, including those set by the World Health Organization (WHO) […]
Smile Train-Lifebox holds holds first capnography workshop in Ethiopia to improve anesthesia safety for surgical patients
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'One Crucial Piece of Equipment': Improving anesthesia monitoring with The Smile Train-Lifebox Capnograph.
At Lifebox, we are driven by data to inform and shape our work. An evidence-based approach is how we build our programs and monitor their impact, to keep learning and improving.
This study demonstrates that the Lifebox Clean Cut program improved infection prevention standards to reduce the rates of infection by 35% for all surgical patients. Authors: J. A. Forrester, N. Starr , T. Negussie, D. Schaps, M. Adem, S. Alemu, D. Amenu, N. Gebeyehu, T. Habteyohanne, F. Jiru, A. Tesfaye, E. Wayessa, R. Chen, A. […]
This study demonstrated that communication is critical, and an effective communication plan within and between facilities, as well as between providers across the health system and even between countries, is essential and should be established immediately. A task force that can oversee this dynamic situation and provide additional guidance and interpretation of directives (from ministries […]
