Volume : 7, Issue : 10, October - 2018

EFFECTIVENESS OF W.H.O SURGICAL SAFETY CHECKLIST IN REDUCING POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS

Dr Sandeepon Sarkar, Dr Amit Bajpai

Abstract :

<p class="BodyA" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:&#10;inter-ideograph;line-height:200%"><span class="None"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Calii&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;Calii;mso-bidi-font-family:Calii">In 2008 WHO published a surgical safety check list (SSCL) to reduce errors related to surgical procedures involving various levels of a surgical team. In this study the local protocols were evaluated , </span></span><span class="None"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Calii&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;Calii;mso-bidi-font-family:Calii;mso-ansi-language:IT">compare</span></span><span class="None"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Calii&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-bidi-font-family:Calii">d<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>with the WHO SSCL and recommendations were</span></span><span class="None"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Calii&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-bidi-font-family:&#10;Calii;mso-ansi-language:FR"> implement</span></span><span class="None"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Calii&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-bidi-font-family:Calii">ed. Finally, results were analysed for postoperative complications. <b>Aim &amp; Objective: </b></span></span><span class="None"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;">To assess the effectiveness of WHO surgical safety checklist in reducing post operative<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>complications.</span></span><span class="None"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;"> Materials and methods: </span></b></span><span class="None"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;">This<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>prospective observational study was done at Army Hospital R &amp;R and Base Hospital Delhi Cantt from Sep 2011 to Mar 2013. The study involved analysing and comparing the pre and post interventional rates of post-surgical complications in 200 patients , where intervention is in the form of implementation of SSCL. <b>Results: </b>S</span></span><span class="None"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Calii&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-bidi-font-family:Calii">ignificant change after implementation of the check list were notes viz. in complication rates, sepsis related mortality and morbidity , post op sepsis. <b>Conclusion:</b> WHO surgical safety checklist is very effective in reducing post op complications. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>