title: The red zone.
abstract: This simple quality initiative won the best innovation in clinical practice at the recent CEO healthcare awards gala event in the North West of Ireland. It demonstrated how a simple collaborative idea led to improving the quality and safety of care in the operating room. As practitioners we have a huge contribution to make in providing quality and safe care to our patients. It is crucial that we share knowledge and have our input recognised.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Donnelly
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000266:history*; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000266:history*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000266:history*