Multicenter audit of operating room staff compliance with the surgical safety checklist: a cross-sectional study from a low- and middle-income country.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unsafe surgical practices are a preventable cause of morbidity and mortality. The WHO published its surgical safety checklist (SSC) to help reduce surgical errors and complications and improve patient outcomes. This study aims to audit compliance with the WHO's SSC and explore attitudes toward its implementation in hospitals within a low- and middle-income country.

Methods

This was a two-part, cross-sectional study in which a retrospective desk review was used to audit compliance with SSC use, and a questionnaire was used to explore attitudes toward the SSC. The data were collected between September and November 2021 from two major governmental and nongovernmental hospitals. Surgeons, anesthesiologists, and surgical nurses were invited to complete a self-administe

SUBMITTER: Yaseen SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11744863 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature