Patient Safety & Education

• AAOS Surgical Risk Reduction Toolkit
• FDA Recalls, Market Withdrawals and Safety Alerts
• FDA Medical Device Safety
• 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.

• Choosing Wisely Campaign
• Video
• 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:

• Imaging Tests for Lower-Back Pain
• Imaging Tests for Lower-Back Pain (Spanish)
• Bed Rest for Lower-Back Pain
• Bed Rest for Lower-Back Pain (Spanish)