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Clinical Trials/NCT01732159
NCT01732159CompletedNot Applicable

Impact of a Checklist on the Rate of Late Cancellation in Ambulatory Surgery

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris1 site in 1 country4,093 target enrollmentStarted: November 1, 2012Last updated:
Conditions
Interventions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Enrollment
4,093
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Decrease in the rate of late cancellation

Study Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of a check list on the rate of late cancellation, i.e. the day before or the day of the ambulatory surgery.

Detailed Description

The checklist is administered to the patients by phone between 7 and 3 days before the surgery. Each item of the checklist is associated with a decisional algorithm that allows take care for patients in case of any problem.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel
Primary Purpose
Other
Masking
None

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • •Patient (adult or minor) for which ambulatory surgery is programmed in a multipurpose ASU
  • •Surgery under general anesthesia or loco
  • •Regional or neuroleptanalgesia
  • •Patient contacted by phone
  • •Patient does not oppose his participation in the study

Exclusion Criteria

  • •Patient programmed for endoscopy in ASU non surgical
  • •Ambulatory surgery scheduled for orthogenic
  • •Ambulatory surgery scheduled for urgency
  • •Ambulatory surgery performed under local anesthesia

Arms & Interventions

Administration of the checklist

Experimental

Patients will be contacted by phone for administration of the checklist

Intervention: Checklist (Other)

No contact by phone

No Intervention

Patients who will not be contacted by phone

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Decrease in the rate of late cancellation

Time Frame: At day 0 (the day of the surgery)

Secondary Outcomes

  • Improvement of the organization of the ambulatory unit(At day 0 (the day of the surgery))

Investigators

Sponsor Class
Other
Responsible Party
Sponsor

Study Sites (1)

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