Safe surgery requires reliable, high-quality lighting. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), electricity outages are disruptive, dangerous, and ubiquitous.¹ Inadequate surgical lighting due to inconsistent or poor illumination results in delays and cancellations of surgery, as well as patient harm.² In LMICs, surgical headlights are unaffordable, lack in-country suppliers, and are unsuitably designed for austere environments. An affordable, rechargeable, built-for-purpose surgical headlight could help address this surgical safety issue. Lifebox (https://www.lifebox.org/), a charity focused on improving surgical safety globally, undertook a process to identify the essential elements of a fit-for-purpose surgical headlight for use in resource-constrained settings.

安全的手术需要可靠的高质量照明。在中低收入国家（LMIC），断电是破坏性的，危险的并且无处不在。¹由于照明不一致或不良而导致的手术照明不足会导致手术的延误和取消，以及对患者的伤害。²在LMIC中，手术头灯价格昂贵，缺乏国内供应商，并且不适用于严酷的环境。负担得起的，可充电的，内置用途的手术头灯可以帮助解决这一手术安全问题。Lifebox（https://www.lifebox.org/）是一家致力于在全球范围内提高手术安全性的慈善机构，它开展了一项流程，以确定在资源有限的环境中使用的适合用途的手术头灯的基本要素。