February Newsletter

The Global Surgical Outcomes Collaboration

GlobalSurg II data collection is happening now!

Data collection for GlobalSurg 2 has got off to a great start. Thank you to everyone who has already contributed their data

Congratulations to our top recruiting centres in January, in no particular order:

Simplemente Evita, Argentina
Department of General Surgery, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania
Watford General Hospital, United Kingdom
Sundsvall, Sweden
Victoria Hospital Kirkcaldy, United Kingdom

Follow http://globalsurg.org/globalsurg-2-recruitment/ for live updates on recruitment numbers

Additional Protocol Translations now available

Our fantastic team of translators have been working hard and the GlobalSurg 2 protocol is now available on our website in Greek, Portuguese and Arabic

http://globalsurg.org/globalsurg-2-protocol/

Thanks to:
Antonios Martinos, Ioannis Tsouknidas, & Vasileios Kalles for the Greek translation,
Thays Brunelli Pugliesi & Gabriel Pardo for the Portuguese version, and
Oday Halhouli, Rekhis Syrine, Muna Rommaneh, & Tebian Hassanein Ahmed Ali for the Arabic protocol

Would you like the protocol translated in to your language? Let us know via our website

http://globalsurg.org/contact/

Please remember to view the protocol summary slides & take the SSI training module

To help you participate in GlobalSurg II successfully, additional training slides for the protocol are available on the website
http://globalsurg.org/globalsurg-ii-protocol-training-slides/

The GlobalSurg II SSI training module is designed to help with diagnosing SSI and should take around 5 mins to complete – you should complete this training module before starting data collection
http://globalsurg.org/globalsurg-2-training-module/Please also visit the GlobalSurg II protocol page where you will find the protocol plus additional support documents including a data definitions dictionary and a one page data collection form that can be downloaded and printed for paper-based data collection.
http://globalsurg.org/globalsurg-2-protocol/

GlobalSurg Photo Competition

Remember to get your entries in for photo of the month competition!
Send us a photo of your GlobalSurg team for the chance to be featured in the International newsletter and on our website.
Please send your entries to [email protected] or tweet them @GlobalSurg

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