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Lifebox medical devices provide solutions to gaps in the safe provision of safe surgery and anesthesia in low-resource setting operating rooms

Lifebox events at WCA addressing global access to capnography with Smile Train and WFSA

Tackling antibiotic overuse in surgery with an antibiotic stewardship program to support safer surgical care in low-resource settings

The 2022 annual report covers Lifebox's work improving anesthesia safety, surgical teamwork, and infection reduction

Lifebox 2022 milestones: A year in review making surgery and anesthesia safer in 2022

It’s an exciting opportunity for UK-based medical students, or students from other disciplines with a passion for global health, to develop their professional experience and leadership – while raising awareness of this critical, emerging field. Apply to be a Lifebox-SfGH representative by explaining why you would best fit the role in 250 words to [email protected] […]

British doctors join the call for safer anaesthesia and surgery around the globe. On Wednesday 24th June the British Medical Association (BMA), professional body for UK clinicians, became a voice for colleagues worldwide. Their annual conference passed a landmark resolution commending recent progress in the field of global surgery and anaesthesia, and supporting projects to […]

We are thrilled to announce that Lifebox has been selected as the British Medical Journal’s holiday charity of 2012. Following the enormous success of last year‘s appeal, which raised more than £30,000 for Lifebox and put 210 pulse oximeters into operating rooms in need, we are teaming up again with the BMJ to raise awareness […]

The steady beep of the pulse oximeter is the hushed voice of the patient on the operating table.  The team listens: surgeon, anaesthesia provider, and nurse know all is well. The same goes for the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist – the teams uses this simple system to ensure the patient is protected from harm. Lifebox […]

The ASA and Lifebox have had a long and successful partnership, what makes this year’s resident challenge so unique?  The ASA-Lifebox relationship has become stronger and richer, substantially because of the sharing of staff support and on-line platforms specifically for the resident challenge. Why is the Resident challenge so important for improving the safety of […]