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Annals of Surgery
Volume 258, Number 6, December 2013
The Impact of Safety Checklists on Teamwork in Surgery
TABLE 1.
(
Continued
)
Authors
Year
Type of Checklist
Outcome Assessed
∗
Study Methodology
†
Country
Setting
Surgical Specialty
Haynes et al
38
2011 WHO Surgical Safety
Checklist
Teamwork climate
Survey—pre/post
(Pre- and post–data collection
lasted for 2 weeks. Checklist
implementation lasted between
1 week and 1 month. The study
ran for 1 yr in total.)
Jordan, India,
Tanzania,
Philippines,
the United
Kingdom,
the United
States, New
Zealand,
Canada
6 public hospitals, 1
district rural
hospital, 1 charity
hospital
Multispecialty
excluding cardiac
surgery
Helmio et al
39
2011 WHO Surgical Safety
Checklist
Communication between OR
team members, discussion
of critical events, and
awareness of OR team
members’ names
Surveys—pre/post
(Pre–data collection lasted for 1
month and commenced 4
months before the checklist
was introduced, post–data
collection lasted for 1 month as
soon as the checklist was
introduced)
Finland,
Helsinki
1 university hospital Otorhinolaryngology
Takala et al (same
group as above)
40
2011 WHO Surgical Safety
Checklist
Quality of communication in
the OR
Surveys—pre/post
(Pre–data collection lasted 4–6
weeks, checklist was then
implemented over 4 weeks,
post–data collection then
commenced and lasted 4–6
weeks)
Finland
4 university
hospitals
Multispecialty
Kearns et al
41
2011 Modified WHO
Surgical Safety
Checklist
Quality of OR
communication and
familiarity with team
members
Surveys—pre/post
(Pre–data collection lasted 1
month, post–data collection
commenced 3 months after the
checklist was implemented.)
UK
1 obstetric tertiary
referral center
Obstetrics
Sewell et al
42
2011 WHO Surgical Safety
Checklist
Communication and
teamwork
Surveys—pre/post
(Pre–data collection lasted 4
months, checklist was then
implemented over 1 month,
postchecklist data collection
then commenced and lasted 4
months)
UK, London 1 university hospital
Trauma and
orthopedics
Bohmer et al
43
2012 Modified WHO
Surgical Safety
Checklist
Interprofessional
coordination, team
communication, and
familiarity with other staff
members
Surveys—pre/post
(Post–data collection took place 3
months after checklist
implementation. No
information regarding timing
of pre–data collection
provided)
Germany,
Cologne
1 university hospital
Anesthesiology and
trauma care
∗
For outcome assessed, the terminology of the original study has been used where possible (ie, wherever a consistent descriptor of the outcome variable was provided).
†
Study methodology includes the timing of the introduction/implementation of the checklist-–as this could have contributed to the impact on the outcome measures.
OR indicates operating room; WHO, Word Health Organization.
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