Surgical safety checklist and operating room efficiency: results from a large multispecialty tertiary care hospital

A challenge‐response endoscopic sinus surgery specific checklist as an add‐on to standard surgical checklist: an evaluation of potential safety and quality improvement issues

“…Although surgical checklist implementation has historically created concerns for operative workflow and the potential for reducing efficiency, recent evidence has not supported these concerns . Similarly, our study has not demonstrated any increase in surgical or turnover times.…”

Impact of the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist on Patient Safety

“…A reduction of mean operating room disposable cost ($70/operation) was observed in the postchecklist group (P < 0.01). 45 Using the checklist should, as we previously have shown, influence the operating room work processes so as to have an impact on patient outcome. Work processes are not included as outcome in most of the above-referred studies, and we should not expect to achieve any improvements in patient outcomes or operating room efficiency, unless the intervention has impact on the work processes and improves care.…”

Point prevalence of surgical checklist use in Europe: relationship with hospital mortality

“…19 The surgical checklist appears to be a low-cost, effective method that need not adversely affect operation room efficiency. 20 Other studies suggest a reduction in health-care costs associated with this intervention, presumably as a result of cost savings through reduced postoperative morbidity. 17 21 The introduction of a surgical checklist to the operating theatre environment appears to improve communication and teamwork within the multidisciplinary team, which in turn is associated with improvement in postoperative outcomes.…”