Make a difference: implementation, quality and effectiveness of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist-a narrative review.

ABSTRACT: The positive effects of the WHO Surgery Safety Checklist (WHO SSC) have been demonstrated by a large amount of quantitative studies. With this review, the focus changes to the content of qualitative studies on WHO SSC to identify possible research gaps. In this way, gaps in the content of the execution of individual checklists can be closed. The two research platforms "Ovid Medline" and "PubMed" formed a solid basis for the literature research. The search was conducted until the 19th of September 2022. The following group terms were used: "checklist", "surgery", "implementation", and "WHO Surgical Safety Checklist". Subsequently, the literature research was limited to studies between 2011 and 2021 in either English or German. Overall, a positive effect was found in all qualitative studies

SUBMITTER: Wyss M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10636476 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature