Table 4

Team engagement during domain administration, and timing of domain administration

Hospital 1Hospital 2χ2p Value
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Engagement
 All team members present (%)00
 3 teams (%)10
 2 teams (%)3975
 1 team (%)6025<0.001†
Timing
 Predrug intervention* (%)8931
 Postdrug intervention (%)70
 Not done (%)469<0.0005†
Time out
Engagement
 All team members present (%)00
 3 teams (%)1440
 2 teams (%)4758
 1 team (%)38226.23<0.0005
Timing
 Preincision* (%)9748
 Postincision (%)20
 Not done (%)152<0.0005†
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Engagement
 All team members present (%)00
 3 teams (%)90
 2 teams (%)3633
 1 team (%)55671.0†
Timing
 With surgical team* (%)218
 Without surgical team (%)11
 Not done (%)78950.01†
  • Engagement is given as the percentage of cases in which there was engagement of all operating room team members present, three team engagement, two team engagement, or one team engagement during Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) domain administration. Timing is given as the percentage of cases in which the timing of domain administration complied with SSC guidelines (the guideline-compliant option is indicated by *).

  • The test statistic is reported for χ2 comparisons.

  • †Groups compared using a 2-tailed Fisher's Exact test.