Surgical care is a large and essential component of modern health care but has been faced with many patient safety issues, where complications of surgial care have been identified as a major cause of death and disability.
Skurðstofustarfsemi er umsvifamikill þáttur í nútíma heilbrigðisþjónustu. Undanfarin ár hefur orðið vitundarvakning um öryggi sjúklinga á skurðstofum.