Conducting Surgical Time Outs

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Conducting Surgical Time Outs skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Conducting Surgical Time Outs is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: General · Sub-category: operations · Last updated: 2026-06-06

Structures WHO surgical safety checklist completion with sign-in, time-out, and sign-out documentation. Use when performing surgical time-outs, completing safety checklists, or documenting pre-incision verification.

About this skill (catalog notes)

Conducting Surgical Time Outs is published as a SKILL.md file in this catalog. At roughly 1,516 words the SKILL.md is on the longer end of the catalog distribution.

License: Apache-2.0
Original author: CaseMark
Indexed lastmod: 2026-06-06
Catalog position: General · operations
Indexed related skills: 10

How Conducting Surgical Time Outs fits the catalog

Conducting Surgical Time Outs sits in the General category under the operations sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

From the source SKILL.md

Structures WHO surgical safety checklist completion with sign-in, time-out, and sign-out documentation.

What this skill does

Conducting Surgical Time Outs is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the operations sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/conducting-surgical-time-outs/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when performing surgical time-outs, completing safety checklists, or documenting pre-incision verification.

Who uses this skill

The Conducting Surgical Time Outs Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 92,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/conducting-surgical-time-outs
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/conducting-surgical-time-outs/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/conducting-surgical-time-outs/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/conducting-surgical-time-outs/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/conducting-surgical-time-outs/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\conducting-surgical-time-outs\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Conducting Surgical Time Outs Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/conducting-surgical-time-outs/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Conducting Surgical Time Outs skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Conducting Surgical Time Outs skill?

Use Conducting Surgical Time Outs when your Claude Code task falls under the General category — specifically in the operations area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Conducting Surgical Time Outs" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/general/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Conducting Surgical Time Outs skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Conducting Surgical Time Outs is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/CaseMark/skills/blob/HEAD/skills/med/conducting-surgical-time-outs/SKILL.md
License: Apache-2.0
Author: CaseMark

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

CaseMark. (2026). Conducting Surgical Time Outs [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/conducting-surgical-time-outs/

BibTeX

@misc{conducting-surgical-time-outs-2026,
  author    = {CaseMark},
  title     = {Conducting Surgical Time Outs [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/conducting-surgical-time-outs/}
}

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