1. Surgical safety checklist trial
Background:
Post-surgical complications are an important cause of morbidity and mortality
In 2008, the World Health Organization designed a surgical safety checklist to improve patient outcomes
Question: What is the impact of the checklist on 30-day post-surgical morbidity and mortality in two Norwegian hospitals?
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2. WHO SSC Trial Summary

3. Surgical safety checklist trial
Design: stepped-wedge cluster randomized design
Units of randomization: five surgical specialties
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4. Surgical safety checklist trial
Inclusion: All patients, elective or emergency surgery
Control: Usual care
Intervention: Adoption of the checklist
Data: Routinely collected, anonymized patient data
Compliance: Recorded by nurse anesthetists / nurses
Outcome: 30-day post-surgical morbidity and mortality
Ethics: REC approved trial, no patient consent required
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5. Question for discussion
Are there research participants? If so, who are they?
Do surgeons have a duty to participate?
From whom, if anyone, is informed consent required?
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6. WHO SSC Trial Summary