Design and Evaluation of a Team Timeout Checklist (TTOC) to Improve Information Exchange in the Operating Room Before Skin Incision

University of Jena

Status: Completed

Conditions: Information Exchange; Checklist; Teamwork

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07189481

University of Leipzig Ethics

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study, we designed and evaluated a team timeout checklist (TTOC) which aimed at improving team communication and information exchange before skin incision. The WHO surgical safety checklist was used as a basis with the following changes: we clarified the wording of specific items (e.g., surgical site), we clarified checks by denoting separate items involved for each check, and we denoted circulating nurses as responsible for checklist readout and adherence.

Enrollment: 151 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Personnel working in the operating room (nurses, surgeons, anesthesiologists, technical support staff)

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Exclusion Criteria:

• anyone who did not give their oral consent to be observed during surgeries

Trial design

151 participants in 1 patient group

pre-post intervention study

Description:

teams were observed before and after checklist use