A study to check the effectiveness of a checklist used during surgery in reducing risks
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Patients undergoing oncosurgery
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2015/03/005646
- Lead Sponsor
- Tata Memorial Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 400
Inclusion Criteria
Surgeries performed in any of the 13 major OTs during routine working hours (8.30 am to 5 pm)
Exclusion Criteria
Emergency procedures performed outside routine working hours
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method I.To analyse the effectiveness of the surgical safety checklist <br/ ><br>a.The overall compliance with the checklist: this will be measured as the percentage of cases in which the surgical safety checklist was implemented <br/ ><br>b.The number of items important in the peri-operative period, which were picked up by the OT team members only after they were brought up during the conduct of the checklist: this will be measured as the percentage of total items which prompted a change in management <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Immediate during conduction of checklist
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To examine which member of the operating team (surgeon, anaesthetist, nurse) initiates the the checklist â?? this will be expressed as percentageTimepoint: Immediate