Helsinki Declaration on Patient Safety (Patient Safety)

In cooperation with INABBRA (Innovation Alliance Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany) the investigators would like to ask medical colleagues in the region to participate in an anonymous German online survey on patient safety.

The investigators want to investigate the implementation and establishment of measures on patient safety, that anaesthesiologists utilize to fulfill their obligations.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Patient Safety

Detailed Description

The Declaration builds on earlier statements about safety and quality of care. It represents a shared European opinion of what currently is both worth doing and practical to improve patient safety in anaesthesiology in 2010. The Declaration recommends practical steps that all anaesthesiologists who are not already using them should include in their own practice. These are relatively straightforward and where they are currently being used have a track record of improving patient safety. All European anaesthesiology institutions are expected to support the World Health Organization(WHO) 'Safe Surgery Saves Lives' initiative including the "Safe Surgery Checklist". The Declaration was endorsed by European Board of Anaesthesiology (EBA) and the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA). It was officially launched at the Euroanaesthesia congress in Helsinki in June 2010 and was subsequently signed by several representatives of European anaesthesiology and different additional stakeholders (WHO, World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA), European Patients Federation (EPF)).

In cooperation with INABBRA (Innovation Alliance Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany) the investigators would like to ask medical colleagues in the region to participate in an anonymous German online survey on patient safety.

The investigators want to investigate the implementation and establishment of measures on patient safety, that anaesthesiologists utilize to fulfill their obligations under the perspective of the Declaration.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 28

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Germany
  • Berlin, Germany, 13353/10117
    • Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Virchow Klinikum/Campus Charité Mitte, Charité Universitätsmedizin

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Members of the innovation alliance Berlin-Brandenburg (INABBRA)

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Members of the innovation alliance Berlin-Brandenburg (INABBRA)

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Data collection group: physicians; Online survey for physicians/members of the innovation alliance Berlin-Brandenburg (INABBRA)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Actual level on patient safety in Berlin-Brandenburg	Actual level on patient safety in Berlin-Brandenburg; comparing this to the recommendations of the Helsinki Declaration on Patient Safety	3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: November 1, 2010
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 1, 2010
• Study Completion (Actual): December 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 22, 2010
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 22, 2010
• First Posted (Estimate): November 23, 2010

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): September 8, 2011
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 7, 2011
• Last Verified: September 1, 2011

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Patient Safety; European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA); The Helsinki Declaration on Patient Safety in Anaesthesiology; Helsinki Declaration on Patient Safety; European Board of Anaesthesiology (EBA)
• Other Study ID Numbers: Patient Safety