Attitudes towards the surgical safety checklist and factors associated with its use: A global survey of frontline medical professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) has been shown to reduce perioperative errors and complications and its implementation is recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO). However, it is unknown how widely this intervention is used. We investigated attitudes and factors associated with use of WHO SSC in frontline medical professionals across the globe using a survey distributed through social networks.

Methods

A survey of usage and opinions regarding the SSC was posted on the Facebook and Twitter pages of a not-for-profit surgical news website for one month (March 2013). Respondents were grouped into four groups based on their country's Gross National Income: high, upper middle, lower middle and low income. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed

SUBMITTER: Vohra RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4421109 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature