Implementation of surgical safety checklist in Mukalla hospitals; Yemen

Dr/Maha Bin Dahman; Prof.Dr.Nawal  Banafa; Prof\Fahmi Aram

Implementation of surgical safety checklist in Mukalla hospitals; Yemen

Authors

Dr/Maha Mohammed Bin Dahman Assistant professor in anesthesia, department of fundamental medical sciences, faculty of nursing, Hadhramout University, Mukalla, Yemen.
Prof.Dr.Nawal Saeed Banafa associate professor community medicine, department of fundamental medical sciences, faculty of nursing, Hadhramout University, Mukalla, Hadhramout, Yemen.
Prof\Fahmi Omer Aram Professor in surgery, department of surgery, faculty of medicine, Hadhramout University, Mukalla, Hadhramout, Yemen.

Keywords:

surgical safety checklist, Mukalla hospitals

Abstract

Background: The use of WHO surgical safety checklist results in striking improvements in surgical outcomes and decreases effectively the adverse events; accordingly, it necessitates rapid adoption worldwide. We are going to assess the extent of application of such checklist in our surgical setting.

Methods: we surveyed all six hospitals in Mukalla city in three months period (aug- oct 2016), Observations and interviews were conducted using already prepared forms. The data was analyzed by SPSS version 20.

Results: Atotal of six hospitals performed 110 procedures during the three months period. The private hospitals implementing the WHO surgical safety checklist more than government hospitals 87.10 % vs 79.39%. (Sign out) part of the checklist was the most applied 86.75% followed by (sign in) and (Time out) 86.37%, 81.08% respectively. The overall application of the standards of the checklist in Mukalla hospitals was 81.77%.

Conclusion: The surgical safety checklist of WHO was partially applied in our hospitals. The checklist is a simple tool, which can downloaded freely from the WHO. Adaptation of the checklist to suit local conditions is encouraged.