dc.contributor.author |
Martis, WR |
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dc.contributor.author |
Sturge, Jacqueline |
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dc.contributor.author |
Lee, T |
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dc.contributor.author |
Merry, Alan |
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dc.contributor.author |
Mitchell, Simon |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2016-10-27T23:47:38Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2016-09-09 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
New Zealand Medical Journal, 2016, 129(1441), pp. 63-67 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1175-8716 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/30877 |
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dc.description.abstract |
AIMS: A new approach to administering the surgical safety checklist (SSC) at our institution using wall-mounted charts for each SSC domain coupled with migrated leadership among operating room (OR) sub-teams, led to improved compliance with the Sign Out domain. Since surgical specimens are reviewed at Sign Out, we aimed to quantify any related change in surgical specimen labelling errors. METHODS: Prospectively maintained error logs for surgical specimens sent to pathology were examined for the six months before and after introduction of the new SSC administration paradigm. We recorded errors made in the labelling or completion of the specimen pot and on the specimen laboratory request form. Total error rates were calculated from the number of errors divided by total number of specimens. Rates from the two periods were compared using a chi square test. RESULTS: There were 19 errors in 4,760 specimens (rate 3.99/1,000) and eight errors in 5,065 specimens (rate 1.58/1,000) before and after the change in SSC administration paradigm (P=0.0225). CONCLUSIONS: Improved compliance with administering the Sign Out domain of the SSC can reduce surgical specimen errors. This finding provides further evidence that OR teams should optimise compliance with the SSC. |
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dc.description.uri |
http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal |
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dc.publisher |
New Zealand Medical Association |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
New Zealand Medical Journal |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Details obtained from http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0028-8446/ |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
Improved compliance with the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist is associated with reduced surgical specimen labelling errors |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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pubs.issue |
1441 |
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pubs.begin-page |
63 |
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pubs.volume |
129 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: New Zealand Medical Association |
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dc.identifier.pmid |
27607086 |
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pubs.author-url |
http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/read-the-journal/all-issues/2010-2019/2016/vol-129-no-1441-9-september-2016/7000 |
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pubs.end-page |
67 |
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pubs.publication-status |
Published |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
541299 |
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pubs.org-id |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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pubs.org-id |
Medical Sciences |
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pubs.org-id |
Pharmacology |
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pubs.org-id |
School of Medicine |
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pubs.org-id |
Anaesthesiology |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
1175-8716 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2016-10-28 |
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pubs.dimensions-id |
27607086 |
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