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Implementation of the surgical safety checklist in Switzerland and perceptions of its benefits: cross-sectional survey.
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- Beyond compliance: examining the completeness and determinants of WHO surgical safety checklist - a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
- Surgical Safety Checklist Implementation in a Tunisian University Hospital: A Mixed-Methods Study of Compliance and Nurses' Perspectives on Barriers, Facilitators, and Sustainability.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- Make a difference: implementation, quality and effectiveness of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist-a narrative review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2023Review
- Safe surgery checklist: evaluation in a neotropical region.Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes · 2021Article
- Is team-based perception of safety in the operating room associated with self-reported wrong-site surgery? An exploratory cross-sectional survey among physicians.Health science reports · 2018Article
- Unlocking the "black box" of practice improvement strategies to implement surgical safety checklists: a process evaluation.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2017Article
- Attitudes and beliefs about the surgical safety checklist: Just another tick box?Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie · 2016Article
- Surgical teams' attitudes and opinions towards the safety of surgical procedures in public hospitals in the Brazilian Federal District.BMC research notes · 2016Article
- Factors that drive team participation in surgical safety checks: a prospective study.Patient safety in surgery · 2016Article
- The Gap between Individual Perception and Compliance: A Qualitative Follow-Up Study of the Surgical Safety Checklist Application.PloS one · 2016Article
- Implementation of safety checklists in surgery: a realist synthesis of evidence.Implementation science : IS · 2015Review
- Implementation of a surgical safety checklist: interventions to optimize the process and hints to increase compliance.PloS one · 2015Article
- Anchoring the sign-out phase of the Surgical Safety Checklist to emergence from anesthesia: a proof-of-concept quality-improvement study.Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgieArticle
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Abstract
objectivesTo examine the implementation of the Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) among surgeons and anaesthetists working in Swiss hospitals and clinics and their perceptions of the SSC.
methodsCross-sectional survey at the 97th Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Surgery, Switzerland, 2010. Opinions of the SSC were assessed with a 6-item questionnaire.
results152 respondents answered the questionnaire (participation rate 35.1%). 64.7% respondents acknowledged having a checklist in their hospital or their clinic. Median implementation year was 2009. More than 8 out of 10 respondents reported their team applied the Sign In and the Time Out very often or quasi systematically, whereas almost half of respondents acknowledged the Sign Out was applied never or rarely. The majority of respondents agreed that the checklist improves safety and team communication, and helps to develop a safety culture. However, they were less supportive about the opinion that the checklist facilitates teamwork and eliminates social hierarchy between caregivers.
conclusionsThis survey indicates that the SSC has been largely implemented in many Swiss hospitals and clinics. Both surgeons and anaesthetists perceived the SSC as a valuable tool in improving intraoperative patient safety and communication among health care professionals, with lesser importance in facilitating teamwork (and eliminating hierarchical categories).
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