SURGICAL SAFETY CHECKLIST COMPLIANCE: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

Mrs. Vipina Saji; Mr. Lovelesh Singh; Mr. Rajeev Sen

Volume : VII, Issue : V, May - 2018

SURGICAL SAFETY CHECKLIST COMPLIANCE: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

Mrs. Vipina Saji, Mr. Lovelesh Singh, Mr. Rajeev Sen

Abstract :

Retrospective study aimed to evaluate the compliance, completion & accuracy of surgical safety checklist in case files of patients undergone surgery in selected accredited hospital of Indore City. Retrospective study was carried out with 830 case files of patients undergone surgery in selected accredited hospital of Indore City. Data mining was done from the month of November 2017– January 2018. Four items (Sign in , Time out, Anticipated critical events, Sign out)were checked in surgical safety checklist. Data was analyzed with descriptive statistics that is frequency and percentage. The result showed that out of 830 case files, compliance rate of surgical safety checklist were found (100%). Out of 830 surgical safety checklist 119(14.34%) were found complete & remaining 711(86%)were partially completed. Also 119(14.34%) of the surgical safety checklist were accurate & rest of the 711(86%) were not accurate. Four items were analyzed in surgical safety checklist, out of which Sign in 55%(457/830), Time out 40.9%(340/830), Anticipated critical events 50.2%(417/830), Sign out 33% (274/830) were found partially completed.