Number of observed Time Outs and observed Sign Outs by operating room clinical specialties and by surgery ranking, March–July 2010, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
| Time out | Sign out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | %* | N | %* | |
| ENT and Neurology | 12 | 15 | 13 | 16 |
| Heart, Thoracic, Visceral and Orthopaedic | 14 | 18 | 12 | 15 |
| Outpatient Surgery and Urology | 18 | 23 | 12 | 15 |
| Gynaecology and Obstetrics | 14 | 18 | 18 | 22 |
| Pediatrics | 14 | 18 | 16 | 20 |
| Ophthalmology | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
| Total | 80 | 100 | 81 | 100 |
| Minor | 46 | 58 | 49 | 61 |
| Intermediary | 20 | 25 | 20 | 25 |
| Intermediary-major | 10 | 13 | 11 | 14 |
| Major | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 80 | 100 | 81 | 100 |
*Total of percentages can exceed 100% due to rounding.