The Surgical Safety Checklist: Results of Implementation in Otorhinolaryngology

The Surgical Safety Checklist: Results of Implementation in Otorhinolaryngology.

OBJECTIVES To assess the impact of implementing the surgical safety checklist (SSCL) on the outcome of patient safety in otorhinolaryngology (ENT) surgical procedures in two hospitals in Saudi Arabia: Aseer Central and Abha Private Hospitals. METHODS This retrospective study conducted over seven years (1 July 2008 to 30 June 2015) followed a staff educational and training program for the impl...

Effective surgical safety checklist implementation.

BACKGROUND Research suggests that surgical safety checklists can reduce mortality and other postoperative complications. The real world impact of surgical safety checklists on patient outcomes, however, depends on the effectiveness of hospitals' implementation processes. STUDY DESIGN We studied implementation processes in 5 Washington State hospitals by conducting semistructured interviews wi...

The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist.

Effect of Improvement of Surgical Safety Checklist on Surgical Technologists’s Attitude and Satisfaction

Introduction: One of the primary duties that circulating and scrub nurses fulfill is to record instruments and procedures adopted during a surgical operation. The present research was performed to explore operating room personnel’s perspectives on both the existing and improved checklist the one that was produced on the basis of evidence and guidelines. Methods and Materials: This non-randomi...

A qualitative evaluation of the barriers and facilitators toward implementation of the WHO surgical safety checklist across hospitals in England: lessons from the "Surgical Checklist Implementation Project".

OBJECTIVES To evaluate how the World Health Organization (WHO) surgical safety checklist was implemented across hospitals in England; to identify barriers and facilitators toward implementation; and to draw out lessons for implementing improvement initiatives in surgery/health care more generally. BACKGROUND The WHO checklist has been linked to improved surgical outcomes and teamwork, yet we ...