Compliance with the World Health Organization's surgical safety checklist and related postoperative outcomes: a nationwide survey among 172 health facilities in Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ministry of Health (MOH) of Ethiopia adopted World Health Organization's evidence-proven surgical safety checklist (SSC) to reduce the occurrence of surgical complications, i.e., death, disability and prolong hospitalization. MOH commissioned this evaluation to learn about SSC completeness and compliance, and its effect on magnitude of surgical complications.

Methods

Health institution-based cross-sectional study with retrospective surgical chart audit was used to evaluate SSC utilization in 172 public and private health facilities in Ethiopia, December 2020-May 2021. A total of 1720 major emergency and elective surgeries in 172 (140 public and 32 private) facilities were recruited for chart review by an experienced team of surgical clinicians. A pre-tested tool w

SUBMITTER: Sibhatu MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9188150 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature