Table 2 Team sign out items (n = 32 direct observations)
From: Adherence to the WHO surgical safety checklist: an observational study in a Swiss academic center
Team Sign Out (TSO) before patient leaves OR | Item confirmed % (n) |
|---|---|
Operating surgeon: «Team Sign Out, please» | 22 (7) |
Operating surgeon | |
Name of the procedure | 22 (7) |
Dressing, Drainage, Specials | 22 (7) |
Prescriptions | 19 (6) |
Correct specimen labelling, forms and laboratory containers (Patients name and birth date) | 16 (5) |
OR-Nurses | |
Completion of instrument, sponge and needle count | 16 (5) |
Image intensifier images transmitted to PACSa | 13 (4) |
Images- and Video data saved | 13 (4) |
Anesthetist | |
Relevant events | 19 (6) |
Postoperative Analgesia | 19 (6) |
Prescriptions | 19 (6) |
Other | 16 (5 |
Whole OR team | |
Unexpected, critical events | 16 (5) |
If yes, specified and reported (CIRS)b | 13 (4) |
Team Sign Out «completed» | 19 (6) |