Checklist Application and Mortality

Impact of the Surgical Checklist on 30-day and 90-day Mortality in Elective Non-cardiac Surgery

Status

Withdrawn

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01356446

Enrollment

Registered

2011-05-19

Start date

2010-06-30

Completion date

2012-06-30

Last updated

2015-05-05

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Conditions

Mortality, Outcome

Keywords

safety, team, team performance, surgery, outcome

Brief summary

The study investigates the impact of the implementation of a surgical checklist on the mortality 30 days and 90 days after surgery. Patients scheduled for elective surgical procedures (excluding cardiac surgery) lasting at least 15 minutes are eligible. Surgery is performed in a single tertiary care center. The study 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 implemented

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

CROSSOVER

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* elective surgery in general or regional anesthesia lasting \> 15 min

Exclusion criteria

* urgent / emergent surgery

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Change in over all mortality	within 90 days

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
change in over all mortality	within 30 days

Countries

Italy

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026