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ClassIntra® for Better Outcomes in Surgery - CIBOSurg

Recruiting
Conditions
Perioperative Patient Safety
Interventions
Other: Observational study
Registration Number
NCT05818332
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Brief Summary

Intra- and postoperative adverse events (iAEs and pAEs) occur in up to one third of all patients undergoing surgery. They are devastating to patients and costly to health care systems. Their number tends to increase due to the rising complexity of both the patient's risk profile and the surgical procedure. Postoperative deaths have been identified to be the third most frequent cause of death worldwide. Teamwork in surgery has been attributed to have a potentially great impact on avoiding postoperative morbidity. Up to 50% of all adverse in-hospital events were rated to be potentially preventable. However, their prevention typically requires a change in systems and individual behaviour. Standardised assessments of iAEs and pAEs are a prerequisite to develop and define strategies for prevention of AEs. While awareness of pAEs has highly risen through the introduction of the Clavien-Dindo classification, the most widely used classification for grading severity of pAEs, the relevance of transparent monitoring of iAEs is still highly undervalued.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1800
Inclusion Criteria
  • All in-hospital patients (consecutive or random sample) undergoing surgery from general surgery, vascular, surgery, orthopaedics/traumatology and urology in the operating room with anaesthesia involvement
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients undergoing one-day-surgery (with or without anaesthesia-involvement)
  • Procedures without anaesthesia-involvement (in- or out-patient)
  • ASA risk classification (ASA) VI patients (brain-death, organ-donor)
  • Follow-up procedure of a patient already included in the study

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
before and after implementation cohortObservational studyconsecutive cohort of 1000 surgical patients (baseline) consecutive cohort of 1000 surgical patients (after implementation with a multifaceted, tailored implementation strategy to improve adherence to the WHO SSC and routine recording of iAEs)
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Intervention fidelity - component checklist completion2 months after the end of the implementation

Checklist completion is defined as completeness of all ticks on the sign-out checklist taking into consideration the minimum standard.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Intervention fidelity - component quality of checklist performanceUp to four months after the implementation

Quality of the sign-out will be measured with the WHO behaviourally anchored rating scale (WHOBARS):

Quality will be measured in a random sample of 20-25%, assessed in those centres with well-established sign-out in the baseline period and in all centres in the after-implementation phase.

Implementation fidelity - Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of critical implementation stepsUp to four months after the implementation

Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of critical implementation steps followed or not (and why not) by each site, according to the proposed/designed implementation plan (template)

Intervention acceptability - extent of perception among stakeholders that the intervention is agreeable or satisfactoryMeasured after the implementation

Acceptability is the extent of perception among stakeholders that the intervention is agreeable or satisfactory. It will be measured according to the Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM).

Adaptation - extent to which sign-out and documentation of iAEs have been locally adaptedChecklist and process modifications classified according to FRAME.

Adaptation is the extent to which sign-out and documentation of iAEs have been locally adapted. It will be measured by comparing the local checklists with the minimum standard sign-out.

Appropriateness - extent to which staff perceive the intervention as being a good fit, relevant and compatible with their settingMeasured after the implementation

Appropriateness is the extent to which staff perceive the intervention as being a good fit, relevant and compatible with their setting. It will be measured by the Intervention Appropriateness Measure (IAM).

Feasibility - extent to which sign-out and documentation of iAEs can be successfully used or carried out within a given settingMeasured after the implementation

Feasibility is the extent to which sign-out and documentation of iAEs can be successfully used or carried out within a given setting. It will be measured by the Feasibility of Intervention Measure FIM.

Sustainment12 months after the last patient out

Sustainment is measured by comparing (full) adherence (defined as completeness of all ticks on the sign-out checklist) 12 months after implementation

Trial Locations

Locations (10)

Cantonal Hospital Lucerne

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Lucerne, Switzerland

Regional Hospital Lugano

🇨🇭

Lugano, Switzerland

University Hospital Zurich

🇨🇭

Zürich, Switzerland

University Hospital Geneva

🇨🇭

Geneva, Switzerland

Radboud UMC

🇳🇱

Nijmegen, Netherlands

University Hospital Basel

🇨🇭

Basel, Switzerland

Lindenhofspital

🇨🇭

Berne, Switzerland

University Hospital Berne

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Bern, Switzerland

Cantonal Hospital Graubünden

🇨🇭

Chur, Switzerland

University Hospital Lausanne

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Lausanne, Switzerland

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