Patients' and healthcare workers' recommendations for a surgical patient safety checklist - a qualitative study

Kristin Harris, Eirik Søfteland, Asgjerd Litleré Moi, Stig Harthug, Anette Storesund, Sebastius Jesuthasan, Nick Sevdalis, Arvid Steinar Haugen, Kristin Harris, Eirik Søfteland, Asgjerd Litleré Moi, Stig Harthug, Anette Storesund, Sebastius Jesuthasan, Nick Sevdalis, Arvid Steinar Haugen

Abstract

Background: Patients' involvement in patient safety has increased in healthcare. Use of checklists may improve patient outcome in surgery, though few have attempted to engage patients' use of surgical checklist. To identify risk elements of complications based on patients' and healthcare workers' experiences is warranted. This study aims to identify what the patients and healthcare workers find to be the risk elements that should be included in a patient-driven surgical patient safety checklist.

Method: A qualitative study design where post-operative patients, surgeons, ward physicians, ward nurses, and secretaries from five surgical specialties took part in focus group interviews. Eleven focus groups were conducted including 25 post-operative patients and 27 healthcare workers at one tertiary teaching hospital and one community hospital in Norway. Based on their experiences, participants were asked to identify perceived risks before and after surgery. The interviews were analysed using content analysis.

Results: Safety risk factors were categorised as pre-operative information: pre-operative preparations, post-operative information, post-operative plans and follow-up. The subcategories under pre-operative information and preparations were: contact information, medication safety, health status, optimising health, dental status, read information, preparation two weeks before surgery, inform your surgical ward, planning your own discharge, preparation on admission and just before surgery. The subcategories under post-operative information, further plans and follow-up were: prevention and complications, restriction and activity, medication safety, pain relief, stomach functions, further care and appointments. Both healthcare workers and patients express the need for a surgical patient safety checklist.

Conclusion: A broad spectre of risk elements for a patient safety checklist were identified. Developing a surgical safety checklist based on these risk elements might reduce complications and unwanted errors.

Trail registration: The study is registered as part of a clinical trial in ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03105713.

Keywords: Patient involvement; Patient surgical information; Patient surgical safety; Patient’s surgical safety checklist.

Conflict of interest statement

ASH represent the International Federation of Nurse Anaesthetists in the European Society of Anaesthesiologists’ Patient Safety & Quality Committee. NS is also the Director of London Safety and Training Solutions Ltd., which provides quality and safety training and advisory services on a consultancy basis to healthcare organization globally. The other authors report no conflicts of interest.

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