Surgical Safety Checklist items orally ‘confirmed’ by at least one member of the team and orally ‘validated’ by at least one other member of the team, during the Time out and the Sign Out, March–July 2010, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
| Surgical Safety Checklist items | Confirmed items | Validated items |
|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%*) | |
| Time out (N=79) | ||
| Patient identity | 79 (100) | 40 (51) |
| Procedure | 74 (94) | 34 (43) |
| Surgical site | 72 (91) | 29 (37) |
| Patient installed | 57 (72) | 36 (46) |
| Equipment | 57 (72) | 41 (52) |
| Critical steps | 58 (73) | 41 (52) |
| Antibiotic prophylaxis | 67 (85) | 56 (71) |
| Mean of percentages | 84 | 50 |
| Sign out (N=80) | ||
| Sponge, needle counts | 56 (70) | 36 (45) |
| Specimen labelled | 43 (54) | 27 (34) |
| Procedure | 69 (86) | 48 (60) |
| Review of critical problems | 46 (58) | 34 (43) |
| Postoperative management plan | 47 (59) | 37 (46) |
| Recovery room or intensive care unit | 15 (19) | 13 (16) |
| Mean of percentages | 58 | 41 |
*Percentages calculated with the total of Time Out/Sign Out (N=79 and 80, respectively).