Protocol for implementation of intraoperative adverse event recording during WHO checklist sign-out.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction & aim

Intraoperative adverse events (iAEs) increase postoperative complications, which are devastating to patients and costly to healthcare systems. To optimise patient outcomes, the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist (WHO SSC) was introduced in 2008, but adherence, especially to its third part (sign-out), is low, and iAEs are currently not routinely assessed. This gap between evidence supporting the use of the WHO SSC, current inconsistent sign-out practice and the lack of standardised reporting of iAEs warrants applying an implementation science approach. Hence, this project aims to simultaneously evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of the sign-out, including systematic recording and discussion of iAEs during the sign-out.

Methods & analysis

Using a hybri

SUBMITTER: Burri-Winkler K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12128436 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature