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March 12, 2019SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaOpen Access

Adherence to the WHO surgical safety checklist: an observational study in a Swiss academic center

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Design

Observational study in a Swiss academic center

Authors

RSRené SchwendimannUniversity of BaselCBCatherine BlatterSwiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteMLMarc LüthyUniversity Hospital of Basel

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Implication

Sign-out omissions tied to team unavailability may warrant staffing review; Level 4 data leaves open whether interventions boost full checklist use.

Structured PICO

P
Population
Surgical procedures and operating room teams in a Swiss academic center
I
Intervention
WHO surgical safety checklist
O
Outcome
Adherence to the WHO surgical safety checklist (factors fostering and hindering application)

While the surgical Time Out is consistently applied, the Time Sign Out is frequently omitted or incomplete due to the unavailability of key operating room team members.

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Schwendimann et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69debc184a5f95b2e6e9394bhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13037-019-0194-4
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