Getting capnography to the front lines
There is an urgent need to make capnography widely accessible in low- and middle-income countries through collaborative strategies to overcome barriers in funding, education, and distribution.
Resources
Find Lifebox resources for perioperative professionals - including publications, our online learning courses, and Lifebox workshop materials
Global capnography to improve safety for all patients: time for urgent action
Bridging the gap in life-saving anesthesia technology to ensure safer surgeries worldwide.
The Capnography Project
The Smile Train-Lifebox Capnography Project aims to close the capnography gap in low resource settings.
Clean Cut for Cesarean Section trial in Ethiopia improves surgical compliance and reduces mortality following cesarean sections
A groundbreaking study published in JAMA Network Open has revealed the significant impact of Clean Cut, a Lifebox program to strengthen perioperative care practices.
Online Smile Train-Lifebox Capnography Course
A free online course on the fundamentals of capnography
A Prospective Quality Improvement Program to Reduce Prolonged Postoperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Ethiopia
Although postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis has not been shown to prevent surgical site infections, prolonged antibiotic administration is common in low- and middle-income countries. We developed a quality improvement program to reduce unnecessary postoperative antibiotics.
Scalability and Sustainability of a Surgical Infection Prevention Program in Low-Income Environments
Clean Cut results, published in JAMA Surgery, achieve a 34% relative risk reduction of surgical site infection
Exploring the Use of a Fit-for-Purpose Surgical Headlight in Sub-Saharan Africa: Mixed Methods Study
Published in the World Journal of Surgery, this article explores high-quality lighting constraints in surgical settings in low-resource contexts
Global Surgery: The Road Less Traveled and How to Get Back on Track
Calling for a reframing of global surgery into a problem based on the annual number of additional operations needed and not performed - to use the same language as the rest of global health.
COVID-19 Surgical Patient Checklist Workshop
A multidisciplinary workshop for surgical teams to reduce the risk of infection through use of the COVID-19 Surgical Patient Checklist
