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Annals of Surgery
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TABLE 1.
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Authors
Year
Type of Checklist
Outcome Assessed
∗
Study Methodology
†
Country
Setting
Surgical Specialty
Paige et al
31
2008 Patient-specific
preoperative briefing
checklist
Quality of teamwork (eg,
team orientation,
accountability,
communication)
360
◦
ratings of self and peers
(real ORs)—pre/post
(The study lasted 7 months in
total. No additional
information regarding timings
provided.)
USA, Alaska
1 rural community
hospital
General surgery
Berenholtz
32
2009 1-page, patient-specific,
preoperative briefing
and postoperative
de-briefing checklist
Interdisciplinary
communication and
teamwork
Surveys—post
(Data collection commenced 15
months after checklist
implementation)
USA, Baltimore 1 tertiary academic
center
Multispecialty
Henrickson et al
33
2009 Patient-specific
preoperative briefing
checklist
Surgical flow disruptions
related to
miscommunication
Observations (real
ORs)—pre/post
(Postobservations were carried
out 7 days after briefing
implementation)
USA
1 tertiary academic
center
Cardiovascular
Einav et al
34
2010 Patient-specific
preoperative briefing
checklist (presented
in poster format in all
ORs)
Near-misses associated with
problematic teamwork
Observations (real
ORs)—pre/post
(preobservations lasted 3 months,
postobservations in
gynecology took place 5
months later and lasted 3
months, observations in
orthopedics took place 10
months later and lasted 3
months)
Israel, Jerusalem 1 tertiary care
hospital
Gynecology and
orthopedics
Nilsson et al
35
2010 WHO Surgical Safety
Checklist
“Team feeling” in the OR Surveys—post
(Data collection lasted for 3
weeks 1 yr after the checklist
had been implemented)
Sweden,
Ostergotland
2 Swedish hospitals Multispecialty
Papaspyros et al
36
2010 Patient-specific
preoperative briefing
and postoperative
de-briefing checklist
Quality of communication Interviews—Post
(No information was provided
regarding timings)
UK, Leeds
1 university hospital Cardiac surgery
Calland et al
37
2011 Patient-specific safety
checklist with pre-,
intra-, and
postoperative
components
Team coordination and
communication.
Surveys and observations (from
video recordings of real
ORs)—RCT
(The study lasted 15 months in
total.)
USA, Virginia 1 university hospital General surgery—
laparoscopic
cholecystectomy
procedures only
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