I was born and raised in Zimbabwe, specifically in Bulawayo the second largest city in the country affectionately known as ‘The City of Kings.’ For half my life I lived in this beautiful city, with its wide roads, tree lined boulevards and beautiful parks. Bulawayo was once the country’s industrial hub and is still called, […]
As we end the week that we have marked World patient safety day, it is essential to draw attention to the life-saving role of capnography in ensuring safe anesthesia practices in operating rooms around the world. Without this vital monitoring tool, anesthesia providers are effectively “flying blind”—a dangerous reality for millions of patients in low-resource […]
When we first heard about the Boston Lifebox Challenge earlier this year, we knew better than to get caught in the crossfire! We watched as ideas, enthusiasm and events ricocheted across the city, and are thrilled to duck and share, with our thanks, the below article straight from the website of one of the challengers: “When […]
The latest special issue of the CJA, focused on innovation in perioperative patient safety, covers such favourite Lifebox topics as checklists, anaesthesia in low-resource settings, and quality and safety in healthcare. Several contributors of these important articles are Lifebox trustees and champions and you can read full versions of their articles on our website here.
Lifebox congratulates its Chair and Co-Founder – Dr. Atul Gawande – on his confirmation today as the Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Professor Miliard Derbew announced as Global Ambassador of the Smile Train-Lifebox Safe Surgery and Anesthesia Initiative.
A global survey has found severe lack of essential personal protective equipment and infection prevention protocols, putting perioperative providers at risk of COVID-19 infection.
A groundbreaking study published in JAMA Network Open has revealed the significant impact of Clean Cut, a Lifebox program to strengthen perioperative care practices. The Checklist Expansion for Antisepsis and Infection Control in Cesarean Section (CLEAN-CS), conducted across nine hospitals in Ethiopia, significantly reduced complications and improved adherence to surgical standards during cesarean deliveries. The […]
“I leave home early in the morning for surgery. I prefer using my bike to counter traffic jams and parking issues at the hospital. And as always, I take my bag with all my anaesthesia instruments with me – including a Lifebox pulse oximeter, which I was gifted this spring.” “My first surgery is usually […]
As Lifebox chairman, surgeon, author and casual time traveler Atul Gawande (bodily in Boston and telegenically in London) explained by video, “the global health landscape is changing. For the first time in history, you’re more likely to be killed by a surgically-treatable condition than a communicable disease.” The struggle to activate a response to this […]
