The surgical team is participating in a surgical time-out. What activities are part of this procedure? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply
1. Verification that the correct patient is prepared for surgery
2. Announcement of the name of the surgical procedure planned
3. A pause to allow last-minute preparation of the surgical suite
4. Determination of the body side on which the surgery will occur
5. Final surgical hand scrub
1,2,4
Rationale 1: Surgical time-out is a time to verify that the correct patient is present in the operating room.
Rationale 2: This announcement is made to prevent "wrong surgery" incidents.
Rationale 3: This time is specifically used for verification, not for additional preparation.
Rationale 4: Surgical time-out is used to reduce the number of "right-site, wrong-side" surgical errors.
Rationale 5: The final surgical hand scrub is completed before the surgical time-out.
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