Improving Healthcare Workers' Adherence to Surgical Safety Checklist: The Impact of a Short Training.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although surgery is essential in healthcare, a significant number of patients suffer unfair harm while undergoing surgery. Many of these originate from failures in non-technical aspects, especially communication among operators. A surgical safety checklist is a simple tool that helps to reduce surgical adverse events, but even if it is fast to fill out, its compilation is often neglected by the healthcare workers because of unprepared cultural background. The present study aims to value the efficacy of a free intervention, such as a short training about risk management and safety checklist, to improve checklist adherence.

Methods

In March 2019, the medical and nursing staff of the General Surgical Unit attended a two-lesson theoretical training concerning surgical

SUBMITTER: Ferorelli D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8860967 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature