The effectiveness of the Surgical Safety Checklist as a means of communication in the operating room

This paper reports an integrative research review (IRR) on the effectiveness of implementing the Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) as a means of communication in the operating room. A total of11 studies conducted in 2012 were included in this review. Two main themes with subthemes emerged from the ana...

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Main Authors: Michael, Rene, Della, Phillip, Zhou, Huaqiong
Format: Journal Article
Published: Cambridge Publishing 2013
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Online Access:http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;res=IELHEA;dn=405046085225627
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29525
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Zhou, Huaqiong
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description This paper reports an integrative research review (IRR) on the effectiveness of implementing the Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) as a means of communication in the operating room. A total of11 studies conducted in 2012 were included in this review. Two main themes with subthemes emerged from the analysis. The first theme is Administration of the SSC with two subthemes: Compliance rate with the SSC and Completion of the SSC. The second theme was titled Outcomes of implementing the SSC with a subsequent four subthemes arising: Verification of information, Mortality and complications, Adverse events, and Incidents. This IRR revealed that implementation of the SSC had consistent positive outcomes in the reduction of preventable harm to patients undergoing surgeries. It is, however, recommended that further training in utilising the SSC and strategies is needed to ensure full compliance and completion rate with the SSC.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-295252017-01-30T13:13:25Z The effectiveness of the Surgical Safety Checklist as a means of communication in the operating room Michael, Rene Della, Phillip Zhou, Huaqiong communication Surgical Safety Checklist integrative research review operating room This paper reports an integrative research review (IRR) on the effectiveness of implementing the Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) as a means of communication in the operating room. A total of11 studies conducted in 2012 were included in this review. Two main themes with subthemes emerged from the analysis. The first theme is Administration of the SSC with two subthemes: Compliance rate with the SSC and Completion of the SSC. The second theme was titled Outcomes of implementing the SSC with a subsequent four subthemes arising: Verification of information, Mortality and complications, Adverse events, and Incidents. This IRR revealed that implementation of the SSC had consistent positive outcomes in the reduction of preventable harm to patients undergoing surgeries. It is, however, recommended that further training in utilising the SSC and strategies is needed to ensure full compliance and completion rate with the SSC. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29525 http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;res=IELHEA;dn=405046085225627 Cambridge Publishing fulltext
spellingShingle communication
Surgical Safety Checklist
integrative research review
operating room
Michael, Rene
Della, Phillip
Zhou, Huaqiong
The effectiveness of the Surgical Safety Checklist as a means of communication in the operating room
title The effectiveness of the Surgical Safety Checklist as a means of communication in the operating room
title_full The effectiveness of the Surgical Safety Checklist as a means of communication in the operating room
title_fullStr The effectiveness of the Surgical Safety Checklist as a means of communication in the operating room
title_full_unstemmed The effectiveness of the Surgical Safety Checklist as a means of communication in the operating room
title_short The effectiveness of the Surgical Safety Checklist as a means of communication in the operating room
title_sort effectiveness of the surgical safety checklist as a means of communication in the operating room
topic communication
Surgical Safety Checklist
integrative research review
operating room
url http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;res=IELHEA;dn=405046085225627
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29525