Safety Improvement and Checklist Application

Not Applicable

Withdrawn

• Conditions: Outcome; Complications
• Interventions: Procedure: implementation surgical checklist

• Registration Number: NCT01343069
• Lead Sponsor: Regional Hospital of Bolzano

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").

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-06
• Study First Submitted: 2011-04-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-04-26
• Study First Posted: 2011-04-27
• Primary Completion: 2012-06
• Study Completion: 2012-06
• Status Verified: 2015-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-05-04
• Last Update Posted: 2015-05-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: WITHDRAWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

• elective surgery in general or regional anesthesia lasting > 15 min

Exclusion Criteria

• urgent surgery

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
after implementation surgical checklist	implementation surgical checklist	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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 Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
mortality	30 days	evaluation of 30-days mortality