Evaluating the Effect of Surgical Safety Checklists on Perioperative Complications in Children

The Hospital for Sick Children

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postoperative Complications; Intraoperative Complications

Treatments: Other: Surgical Safety Checklist

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02419053

1000046196

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to see if the surgical safety checklist is associated with a reduction in perioperative complications for children undergoing surgery in Ontario, Canada.

Enrollment: 28,772 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 28 days to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Surgical admission, with a noncardiac surgical interventions
• Aged between >28 days and <18years on the day of the surgical intervention

Exclusion criteria

• Non-surgical admission
• Surgical interventions with <10 per group
• Cardio-thoracic and interventional cardiology procedures

Trial design

28,772 participants in 2 patient groups

Pre-checklist

Description:

Surgical interventions performed for children before the introduction of the surgical safety checklist in Ontario, from October 2008 to September 2009.

Post-checklist

Description:

Surgical interventions performed for children after the introduction of the surgical safety checklist in Ontario, from October 2010 to September 2011.

Treatment:

Other: Surgical Safety Checklist