Articles: checklist.
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Patient safety in surgery · Jan 2010
The SURgical PAtient Safety System (SURPASS) checklist optimizes timing of antibiotic prophylaxis.
Surgical site infection (SSI) is an adverse event in which a close relation between process of care and outcome has been demonstrated: administration of antibiotic prophylaxis decreases the risk of SSI. In our tertiary referral centre, a SURgical PAtient Safety System (SURPASS) checklist was developed and implemented. This multidisciplinary checklist covers the entire surgical pathway and includes, among other items, administration of antibiotic prophylaxis before induction of anaesthesia. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of SURPASS implementation on timing of antibiotic prophylaxis. ⋯ The use of the SURPASS checklist leads to better compliance with regard to the timing of antibiotic prophylaxis administration.