• Rev Calid Asist · Nov 2011

    [The healthcare professional's perceptions on the implementation and usefulness of the surgical safety checklist].

    • M I Rodrigo-Rincón, B Tirapu-León, P Zabalza-López, M P Martín-Vizcaino, A de La Fuente-Calixto, P Villalgordo-Ortín, L Domench-Mañero, and J Gost-Garde.
    • Servicio de Medicina Preventiva y Gestión de la Calidad, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. mi.rodrigo.rincon@cfnavarra.es
    • Rev Calid Asist. 2011 Nov 1;26(6):380-5.

    ObjectiveTo find out the perception of the health care professionals on the level of implementation and the usefulness of the surgical safety checklist (LVQ) after its introduction in a tertiary care hospital.Material And MethodA descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using a specially designed self-completion questionnaire. This consisted of 5 questions on the usefulness, 5 questions on the use of the LVQ, one open question and 4 control questions. The target population was hospital surgeons, anaesthetists, ward nurses, and surgical nurses.ResultsThe response rate was 73%, ranking from 51% to 88% depending on the respondent profile. Almost all (95.7%) of the respondents declared they always or almost always used the LVQ when performing a surgical operation. The health care professionals rated the usefulness of the LVQ with a mean of 6.6 (scale, 1-10); 11.6% mentioned that actual errors had been avoided through the use of the LVQ; 32.5% considered the LVQ as a tool that improves communication between professionals; and 68% of the respondents declared they would like the LVQ to be used if they were surgical patients. Those respondents who answered that the LVQ had prevented errors gave higher usefulness scores, 1.4 above the mean. In this same group, 100% of the respondents would like the LVQ to be used on themselves and 63.2% considered that communication had improved. There were no differences in usefulness scores as regards professional experience or gender.ConclusionsThe health care professionals use the LVQ very frequently, and consider that it has a moderate usefulness. Those professionals with experience of the LVQ preventing errors considered it to be more useful than those who did not experience an error being prevented.Copyright © 2011 SECA. Published by Elsevier Espana. All rights reserved.

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