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Emergency Undocking in Robotic Surgery: A Simulation Curriculum
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Published on: May 20, 2018

Crisis checklists for the operating room: development and pilot testing.

John E Ziewacz1, Alexander F Arriaga, Angela M Bader

  • 1Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
|June 11, 2011
PubMed
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Operating room crisis checklists significantly reduce critical management failures by sixfold. This tool improves patient safety during rare but critical surgical events, warranting further clinical evaluation.

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Published on: May 20, 2018

Area of Science:

  • Medical Simulation
  • Patient Safety
  • Surgical Crisis Management

Background:

  • Operating room crises are infrequent, leading to common deviations from critical management protocols.
  • Adherence to essential care steps during emergencies is often suboptimal.
  • A tool was developed to enhance adherence to life-saving measures in operating room crises.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and pilot a tool aimed at improving adherence to critical management steps during operating room crises.
  • To assess the impact of checklists on adherence to essential care processes.
  • To evaluate participant perceptions of checklist utility and scenario realism.

Main Methods:

  • Identified 12 common operating room crises and 46 evidence-based care metrics.
  • Developed crisis-specific checklists through literature review, expert consultation, and simulation.
  • Two operating room teams (11 participants) underwent 8 simulations each, randomly assigned to use checklists or work from memory.

Main Results:

  • Checklist use demonstrated a sixfold reduction in failures to adhere to critical management steps (adjusted relative risk = 0.15).
  • Analysis showed a significant decrease in failures with checklists (2 of 46) compared to memory alone (11 of 46).
  • Participants rated the checklists and simulation scenarios as high quality, above average or excellent.

Conclusions:

  • Checklists are effective in improving patient safety and management during operating room crises.
  • The findings support the broader evaluation of checklists in clinical settings.
  • Further research is recommended to validate these results in real-world clinical environments.