August Newsletter

The Global Surgical Outcomes Collaboration

Final data collection dates for GlobalSurg 2

The last date for standard patient enrolement into GlobalSurg 2 is July 31st 2016

Standard 30 day follow-up data collection should be completed by August 30th 2016

Data entry deadline

Please ensure all data is entered into REDCap by 23:59 (GMT) September 11th 2016

Only data uploaded to REDCap will be used for future analyses and publications so please remember to transfer your records if you have been using paper data collection forms

Please also take this opportunity to check your data, particularly variables relating to antibiotic resistance, and to record patient gender on the patient demographics form

If you are experiencing difficulties accessing your REDCap account please contact [email protected] for assistance

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GlobalSurg 2 patient records pass 11,000!

Thank you to everyone for all your hard work collecting data for GlobalSurg 2

With still more records to be uploaded into REDCap, we now have data from 319 hospitals in 59 countries and have already passed the total number of patient records entered into GlobalSurg 1
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An amazing achievement for our international collaborative effort and putting GlobalSurg 2 on track to be even bigger and better than GlobalSurg 1

Congratulations to our top recruiting centres this month!
In no particular order….

The Memorial Souad Kafafi University Hospital, Eqypt
King Edward Medical University/ Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan
Clinica CES, Colombia
John Peter Smith Hospital, USA

Looking for an opportunity to be part of GlobalSurg 2?

Registrations for GlobalSurg 2 data collection are now closed but if you are looking for an opportunity to be part of our next publication we are currently recruiting validators for the GlobalSurg 2 project

Validation is important to ensure data collected is of high quality. We are still looking for a team of validators for GlobalSurg 2.

To act as a validators you should:

be a qualified doctor or nurse
be independent of the team collecting data at your centre
have access to theatre logbooks
have read the GlobalSurg protocol and completed associated training modules

All validators will receive citation as collaborators on GlobalSurg 2 publications.
If you are interested in becoming a validator for GlobalSurg 2, please contact your local GlobalSurg lead via the contact form with your name, grade and centre. Alternatively, email the GlobalSurg team directly ([email protected])Message for all local leads: please advertise the position at your centres and inform us of interest ([email protected])
We are aiming to have one validator in each centre before the end of June. We look forward to working on this part of the project with you!

GlobalSurg 2 Validation Protocol

The full protocol for the GlobalSurg 2 validation study is available on our website project hub page.

Please click here to read the validation protocol

Read all the latest GlobalSurg news

Remember to keep an eye on our blog and twitter feed where you can read all the latest GlobalSurg news including stories from our collaborators around the world, all the peer reviews for GlobalSurg 1, and Atul Gwande tweeting about our study!

If you would like to share your GlobalSurg story send us a brief post to [email protected] and we will publish it on our blog!

Click here to read the GlobalSurg 1 publication

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Make a donation to help support the costs of running GlobalSurg

GlobalSurg is part of the Surgical Gateway Research Foundation (SURGFoundation), a registered UK charity (Charity number 1159898).

GlobalSurg activities are supported in a number of ways, but we greatly appreciate personal donations to ensure our work can continue. If you wish to make a small donation, please visit our Givey page via the secure link in the pink bar above or click here.

Thank you for your support.

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