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Access links to patient safety resources for spine care providers. Resources are for information only; NASS does not endorse any information provided.

  • Spine Safety Notices
  • Preventing Blood Loss in Spine Surgery with Tranexamic Acid (SpineLine)
  • Sign, Mark & X-ray (SMaX)
  • Herbal Supplements: “Natural” Doesn’t Always Mean Safe
  • Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA): Screening Options

  • AAOS Surgical Risk Reduction Toolkit
  • FDA Recalls, Market Withdrawals and Safety Alerts
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  • MedWatch: The FDA Safety and Adverse Event Reporting Program
  • WHO Guidelines for Patient Safety

  • CDC Injection Safety
  • CDC Clinical Reminders: Spinal Injection Procedures Performed without a Facemask Pose a Risk for Bacterial Meningitis
  • CDC One and Only Campaign (Safe Injection Practices)

  • Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality. Health Care Associated Infections: Tools & Resources

  • Preventing Surgical Fires (FDA)
  • WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

  • Joint Commission Universal Protocol, Wrong Site Surgery Resources and Sentinel Event Alerts

Evidence-based recommendations to support conversations between patients and physicians about appropriate care based on patients’ individual circumstances.

NASS has joined the ABIM Foundation's "Choosing Wisely" campaign and released a list of five specific tests and treatments that are commonly ordered but may not always be necessary in spine care.
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  • NASS Executive Committee Message to Members: NASS Continues Its Support of Choosing Wisely List
View related consumer information that has been developed by Consumer Reports in collaboration with NASS:
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  • Bed Rest for Lower-Back Pain
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