Notice: Users may be experiencing issues with displaying some pages on stanfordhealthcare.org. We are working closely with our technical teams to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience.
 

Learn about the flu shot, COVID-19 vaccine, and our masking policy »

Stanford Health Care

We Asked the Experts: The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Recommendations for Content and Implementation Adaptations. World journal of surgery Panda, N. n., Etheridge, J. C., Singh, T. n., Sonnay, Y. n., Molina, G. n., Burian, B. K., Capo-Chichi, N. n., Cauley, C. E., de Beer, D. A., Derbew, M. n., Dias, R. D., Fearon, M. C., Feyssa, M. D., Hagen, K. n., Kumar, M. n., Mammo, T. N., Mariano, E. R., Merry, A. n., Mushayandebvu, B. n., Nabukenya, M. T., Shah, M. n., Spruce, L. n., Weiser, T. G., Brindle, M. E. 2021

Abstract

As surgical systems are forced to adapt and respond to new challenges, so should the patient safety tools within those systems. We sought to determine how the WHO SSC might best be adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic.18 Panelists from five continents and multiple clinical specialties participated in a three-round modified Delphi technique to identify potential recommendations, assess agreement with proposed recommendations and address items not meeting consensus.From an initial 29 recommendations identified in the first round, 12 were identified for inclusion in the second round. After discussion of recommendations without consensus for inclusion or exclusion, four additional recommendations were added for an eventual 16 recommendations. Nine of these recommendations were related to checklist content, while seven recommendations were related to implementation.This multinational panel has identified 16 recommendations for sites looking to use the surgical safety checklist during the COVID-19 pandemic. These recommendations provide an example of how the SSC can adapt to meet urgent and emerging needs of surgical systems by targeting important processes and encouraging critical discussions.

View details for DOI 10.1007/s00268-021-06000-y

View details for PubMedID 33638023