ArticleBMJ quality & safety2014
The WHO surgical safety checklist: survey of patients' views.
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- Multicenter audit of operating room staff compliance with the surgical safety checklist: a cross-sectional study from a low- and middle-income country.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Tips and Tricks to Safely Perform an Endoscopic Endonasal Trans-Sphenoidal Pituitary Surgery: A Surgeon's Checklist.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2023Article
- Adolescent experiences of the safe surgical checklist and surgical care processes.Pediatric surgery international · 2023Article
- Can patients contribute to safer care in meetings with healthcare professionals? A crossBMJ quality & safety · 2019Article
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- The development and implementation of a biopsy safety strategy for oral medicine.British dental journal · 2017Review
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- The Gap between Individual Perception and Compliance: A Qualitative Follow-Up Study of the Surgical Safety Checklist Application.PloS one · 2016Article
- A preliminary study of patients' perceptions on the implementation of the WHO surgical safety checklist in women who had Cesarean sections.Journal of anesthesia · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundEvidence suggests that full implementation of the WHO surgical safety checklist across NHS operating theatres is still proving a challenge for many surgical teams. The aim of the current study was to assess patients' views of the checklist, which have yet to be considered and could inform its appropriate use, and influence clinical buy-in.
methodPostoperative patients were sampled from surgical wards at two large London teaching hospitals. Patients were shown two professionally produced videos, one demonstrating use of the WHO surgical safety checklist, and one demonstrating the equivalent periods of their operation before its introduction. Patients' views of the checklist, its use in practice, and their involvement in safety improvement more generally were captured using a bespoke 19-item questionnaire.
results141 patients participated. Patients were positive towards the checklist, strongly agreeing that it would impact positively on their safety and on surgical team performance. Those worried about coming to harm in hospital were particularly supportive. Views were divided regarding hearing discussions around blood loss/airway before their procedure, supporting appropriate modifications to the tool. Patients did not feel they had a strong role to play in safety improvement more broadly.
conclusionsIt is feasible and instructive to capture patients' views of the delivery of safety improvements like the checklist. We have demonstrated strong support for the checklist in a sample of surgical patients, presenting a challenge to those resistant to its use.
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