Status:

COMPLETED

Effects of Checklists in Surgical Care - a Study on Complications, Death and Quality of Patient Administrative Data

Lead Sponsor:

Haukeland University Hospital

Conditions:

Postoperative Complications

Complications of Surgical Procedures or Medical Care

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This project aims to produce a systematic review on present knowledge on effects of using safety checklists in medicine. Implementation of a checklist system throughout surgical care may reduce patien...

Detailed Description

1.0 Background Surgical procedures are high risk events and patients may suffer complications or die post operatively. A report from an on-going patient safety campaign "In Safe Hands" lead by the Nor...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • All patients undergoing a surgical procedure from the Orthopaedic Clinic, the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics and the Neurosurgical Department at Haukeland University Hospital.

Exclusion

  • Radiology surgical interventions, donor surgery, out-patients and all patients who have made a written statement as to reservation to participate (use of patient data), and those who do not understand Norwegian spoken and written language will be excluded from data collection.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2013

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

21000 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01872195

Start Date

June 1 2013

End Date

March 1 2015

Last Update

June 11 2015

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Haukeland University Hospital

Bergen, Norway, 5021