Compliance with and barriers to implementing the surgical safety checklist: a mixed-methods study.

Gökçen Aydin Akbuga; Yeliz Sürme; Derya Esenkaya

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Compliance with and barriers to implementing the surgical safety checklist: a mixed-methods study.

March 8, 2023

Aydin Akbuga G, Sürme Y, Esenkaya D. AORN J. 2023;117(2):e1-e10.

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The World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist has been used in populations around the globe to reduce surgical complications and improve operating room teamwork. This mixed methods study involved nearly 150 surgical nurses in Turkey. Nurses reported inconsistent use of the checklist, described barriers to its use, and offered suggestions to increase compliance with completion.

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