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Table 3 Reasons for non-compliant use of surgical safety checklist in public and private health facilities in Ethiopia in a 90-day interval of the study period, December 2020 to May 2021

From: Compliance with the World Health Organization’s surgical safety checklist and related postoperative outcomes: a nationwide survey among 172 health facilities in Ethiopia

Reasons for non-compliancea

Level of health care facilities

Public Specialized Hospitals

Public Generalized Hospitals

Public Primary Hospitals

Private Hospitals

Shortage of time

6 (46.1%)

9 (31.0%)

9 (14.7%)

4 (14.3%)

Staff unwillingness

2 (15.4%)

2 (6.9%)

25 (41%)

7 (25%)

Lack of knowledge

3 (23.1%)

5 (17.2%)

13 (21.3%)

12 (42.9%)

Resource shortage

0

10 (34.5%)

9 (14.7%)

3 (10.7%)

Other

2 (15.4%)

3 (10.3%)

5 (8.2%)

2 (7.1%)

  1. aMultiple reasons options were allowed