Development and Implementation of Patient Safety Checklists Before, During and After In-hospital Surgery

Summary

Building on the Norwegian Patient Safety Program's target areas, the Patients' Surgical Checklist (PASC) will empower surgical patients to become more involved in their own safety and contribute to preventive safety measures. A safety checklist for patients to use has been developed and validated for use in surgical patients. In a Stepped Wedge Cluster RCT effects of patients using their own checklists to avoid preventable patient harm are examined. The project will re-use existing health and personal data collected from patient records and patient reported data as outcome measures. A consortium of all relevant stakeholders and users participate: two hospitals with seven surgical clusters, patient representatives, representatives of general practitioners, and interdisciplinary in-hospital professionals. The important project partners are information and communications technology companies (Helse-Vest IKT and CheckWare service delivery), general practitioners, and national and international research partners leading in the field of patient safety, implementation science and health economics.

Conditions

• Surgery
• Safety Issues
• Complication
• Patient Safety
• Health Literacy
• Health Economics

Interventions

OTHER

Patient Safety Checklist

The intervention is developed, validated and to be implemented in seven surgical clusters in two hospitals, in a stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial of the PASC for patients to use.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Helse Vest

  collaborator OTHER

• Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Bergen

  collaborator OTHER

• The Research Council of Norway

  collaborator OTHER

• Haukeland University Hospital

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Hanne Klausen, MD · Haukeland University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

TRIPLE

Model

CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-11-01

Primary Completion

2024-02-29

Completion

2024-02-29

Countries

• Norway

Study Locations