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The utility of the surgical safety checklist for wound patients
Author(s) -
Myers Joseph W,
Gilmore Brent A,
Powers Kelly A,
Kim Paul J,
Attinger Christopher E
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international wound journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.867
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1742-481X
pISSN - 1742-4801
DOI - 10.1111/iwj.12391
Subject(s) - checklist , medicine , patient safety , harm , risk stratification , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , health care , medical emergency , psychology , political science , law , economics , cognitive psychology , economic growth
The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of changes in patient care resulting from the use of a surgical safety checklist. Data were retrospectively obtained from 233 patients. The number and types of changes made to the patients' intra‐operative management, based on the use of the checklist, were recorded. The number of patients whose management was modified as a result of the checklist was 113 (48%) out of 233. The total number of changes made was 132, and 18 patients had more than one modification made to their care plan. Further stratification was identified: among the 132 changes made, antibiotics were held or administered in 73 (55%), changes related to anaemia involving type and screen or transfusion occurred in 27 (20%), modifications made regarding anti‐coagulation occurred in 8 (7%), beta‐blockers were held in 2 (2%), an allergy was identified in 7 (5%), modifications made to the surgical procedure were 3 (2%) and a category labelled ‘other’ encompassed 9 (7%) changes. The surgical safety checklist is a standardised form of team communication that leads to modifications of the patient care plan in a large percentage of cases. The ever‐increasing complexity of medicine means that patients are at greater risk of oversight and harm without the use of a checklist.

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