Open AccessImplementation and adherence to a speciality-specific checklist for neurosurgery and its influence on patient safety
Author(s) -
Varun Suresh,
P R Ushakumari,
C Madhusoodanan Pillai,
Raja K Kutty,
Rajmohan Bhanu Prabhakar,
Anilkumar Peethambaran
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/ija.ija_419_20
Subject(s) - checklist , neurosurgery , medicine , observational study , patient safety , surgery , health care , psychology , economic growth , economics , cognitive psychology
Neurosurgery involves a high level of expertise coupled with enduring and long duration of working hours. There is a paucity of published literature about the experience with a speciality-specific checklist in neurosurgery. We conducted a cross-sectional observational study to identify the adherence to various elements of the Modified World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist (WHO SSC) for neurosurgery by the operating room (OR) team.