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Improving operating room teamwork and communication has shown to dramatically improve surgical safety. The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist is a communication tool that reduces preventable human errors by improving communication and teamwork in the operating room. It has shown to cut death rates nearly in half. 

Dr. Mary Nabukenya is lecturer at Makerere University College of Health Sciences, and works as an anesthesiologist at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Uganda. She has helped to lead many perioperative safety training courses for anesthesia providers throughout the country. She spoke with Lifebox trustee, co-founder, and fellow anesthesiologist Dr. Isabeau Walker about the status […]

A coalition of global health organizations have united to address a critical gap in anesthesia safety: the lack of capnography in low-resource settings, a situation that is putting countless lives at risk.

Dr. Faye Evans is an anesthesiologist in the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care & Pain Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital and an Assistant Professor in Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School. She also serves on the Medical Advisory Board of Smile Train.  Faye Evans: Officially recording. Um, hey Praxy, it’s Faye. It’s good to see you. I’m […]

This free online interactive course covers the fundamentals of capnography in five modules: Introduction to capnography Physiology of carbon dioxide Using your capnograph Case studies Care and use of your capnograph Users receive a certificate upon completion of the course. Average course duration is 45 minutes. The course is available for free on the Lifebox Learning […]

Lifebox is dedicated to providing a highly accurate pulse oximeter to clinicians. As part of this effort, we are committed to the continuing evaluation of devices that we distribute. The most recent testing done by the Hypoxia Lab at UCSF in February 2021 reveals that the Lifebox Acare AH-M1 meets the accuracy levels specified by international standards and […]

A global survey by Lifebox – in collaboration with Smile Train and Jhpiego – has found severe lack of essential personal protective equipment (PPE) and infection prevention protocols, putting perioperative providers at risk of COVID-19 infection. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) – where most surgical procedures are essential – perioperative providers have continued to provide essential surgeries and COVID-19 […]

Get raising funds for safer anesthesia and surgery worlwide with the ASA Resident Challenge for Lifebox. Resident programs all over the United States compete to fundraise for Lifebox. An appointed resident leader can visit the campaign website and sign up their team to begin building a custom landing page.

This week we’re joining the Liya Kebede Foundation on Instagram, sharing our work in Niger and the impact that safer surgery has for mothers and babies worldwide. It’s been five months since our countrywide project put training and a pulse oximeter into every government hospital and recovery setting.  To celebrate this milestone, and thank the […]

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.