Complications, recovery, and safety culture: curriculum recognition: practice question

A Anaesthesia question in the style of the NEET PG paper. Answer it first, then read why the right option is right and why each of the others is wrong.

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Anaesthesia · Complications, recovery, and safety culture: curriculum recognition

Sample item

Immediately before the first skin incision, every member of the operating team pauses, introduces themselves and confirms the patient's identity, the procedure and the operative site. Which step of the WHO surgical safety checklist is this?

ATime outBPre-induction equipment checkCSign inDSign out

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The answer and the reasoning

A. Time out

The time out is the pause before incision in which the whole team confirms the patient, site, procedure and antibiotic prophylaxis. It is the key barrier against wrong-site and wrong-patient surgery. The sign-in takes place before induction and the sign-out before the patient leaves the theatre.

Option by option

A. Time out (correct)
Correct. The team pause before incision is the time out.
B. Pre-induction equipment check
An equipment check is an anaesthetic machine routine and does not confirm the operative site.
C. Sign in
Sign in occurs before induction and involves the patient confirming identity and consent.
D. Sign out
Sign out occurs at the end of the operation and covers counts, specimen labelling and handover.

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Questions about this Anaesthesia question

What is the answer to this Anaesthesia question?

The best answer is A, Time out. The time out is the pause before incision in which the whole team confirms the patient, site, procedure and antibiotic prophylaxis.

Why is "Pre-induction equipment check" not the answer?

An equipment check is an anaesthetic machine routine and does not confirm the operative site.

Why is "Sign in" not the answer?

Why is "Sign out" not the answer?

Sign out occurs at the end of the operation and covers counts, specimen labelling and handover.

What concept does this question test?

It tests Complications, recovery, and safety culture: curriculum recognition in Anaesthesia. It is the key barrier against wrong-site and wrong-patient surgery. The sign-in takes place before induction and the sign-out before the patient leaves the theatre.

How hard is this question?

We tag it as an application question: it asks you to use a fact on a patient or a finding. The tag is our own editorial judgement, not an official difficulty rating, so read the reason for every option, not only the answer.

How should I study Complications, recovery, and safety culture: curriculum recognition?

Make a table of each agent, its key advantage and its main side effect. Then use the flashcards and the other Anaesthesia questions on this site to test what stuck.

Is this a real NEET PG question?

No. It is an original practice item (editorial status: sample, version 1). NextPrep does not publish recalled or leaked questions, and independent faculty review of this item has not been completed yet, so confirm important facts in a standard textbook.