Adapting the World Health Organization's Surgical Safety Checklist to High-Income Settings: A Hybrid...

Area of Science:

• Healthcare Improvement
• Patient Safety
• Surgical Operations

Background:

• The High-Performance Checklist toolkit aids surgical teams in modifying and implementing the World Health Organization's Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC).
• It utilizes an implementation framework (explore, prepare, implement, sustain) to guide teams through checklist modification, training, and evaluation.

Purpose of the Study:

• To assess user perceptions of the SSC reimplementation toolkit.
• To evaluate the toolkit's impact on attitudes towards SSCs, operating room (OR) culture, checklist utilization, surgical safety, and OR efficiency.

Main Methods:

• A pre-post intervention design will be employed across three diverse hospital sites in Alberta, Canada.
• A mixed-methods approach will collect quantitative and qualitative data via surveys, interviews, focus groups, and performance observations.
• Patient outcomes and OR efficiency data will be sourced from health surveillance systems.

Main Results:

• *Anticipated results focus on optimizing SSC usage and refining the toolkit for improved usability and application.*

Conclusions:

• *The study is expected to enhance SSC adoption and effectiveness, contributing to improved surgical safety and efficiency.*