2012, Number 2
Level of compliance and factors influencing the implementation of the Safe Surgery Checklist
Language: Spanish
References: 17
Page: 47-53
PDF size: 150.02 Kb.
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Patient safety in surgery is the second Global Challenge of the World Health Organization, as 25% of hospitalizations surgical complications are related to technical errors. Up to 70% of adverse events are considered preventable, for this reason a checklist is created for safe surgery to reinforce safety practices. Objective: To determine the level of compliance and the factors influencing the implementation of the checklist. Methods: A descriptive, prospective, transversal study was conducted in May-August 2010. Convenience sample included all surgical event (n = 326) and professional staff at the operating room (n = 93). Checklist was performed with 25 items with dichotomous scale to determine level and compliance factors, feasibility, correct filling, labeling and surgical pause and perceived benefits to avoid adverse events. Excel database analyzed by frequencies, percentages and measures of central tendency. Results: The level of compliance is 87.97% of the checklist. Failure was identified in marking the surgical site (9.6%); verbal reporting of special considerations and critical situations in surgery (50.6%); aspects of recovery (41.0%). 91.8% of staff considers that the list is viable, for 86.3% it provides some benefit and 91.2% believe that it avoids adverse events. Conclusions: The low level of compliance is because the process is at an early stage of implementation, which also involves four health professionals generating lack of continuity in the correct filling of the safe surgery checklist.REFERENCES
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