Complications, Outcome
Conditions
Keywords
safety, team, team performance, surgery, outcome
Brief summary
The study investigates the impact of the introduction of a surgical checklist on the incidence of complications and mortality within 30 days after surgery in patients scheduled for elective non-cardiac surgery. Patients scheduled for elective surgical procedures lasting longer than 20 minutes at are eligible. Surgery is performed in a single tertiary care center. Study design is an open trial before and after intervention (implementation of the checklist safe surgery saves lifes).
Interventions
PROCEDUREimplementation surgical checklist
a checklist according to the suggestions raised by the WHO is implementated
Sponsors
Regional Hospital of Bolzano
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* elective surgery in general or regional anesthesia lasting \> 15 min
Exclusion criteria
* urgent surgery
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| number of complications after elective surgery | within 30 days | comparison of number of complications in the two study arms before and after introduction of the checklist |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| mortality | 30 days | evaluation of 30-days mortality |
Outcome results
None listed