The association between surgical complications and compliance to the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist: A retrospective analysis of hospital records.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC), now used by healthcare providers worldwide, has proved to be useful in the improvement of patients' health through the reduction of mortality and morbidity after surgery. In the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy the SSC is accompanied by a document that registers any non-conformity (NC) identified during SSC completion. This study aimed to investigate the association between surgical complications and checklist compliance, in terms of incompleteness and presence of NCs, using data from the Modena Local Health Unit (LHU).

Methods

We used data from surgeries performed in the Modena LHU between 2018 and 2022, with their SSC and related NC document. We estimated relative risks (RRs) of complications fitting t

SUBMITTER: Rossi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12022938 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature