Use-surgical-safety-checklist - Health Quality Ontario (HQO)

INDICATOR NAME

Name

Use of Surgical Safety Checklist

Alternate Name

Surgical Safety Checklist Compliance Rate

INDICATOR DESCRIPTION

Description

This indicator measurs the percentage of surgeries in which a surgical safety checklist (SSC) was performed. The surgical safety checklist is considered performed when the designated checklist coordinator confirms that surgical team members have implemented and or addressed all of the necessary tasks and items in each of the three phrases, ‘briefing’, ‘time out’ and ‘debriefing’, of the checklist.

Indicator Status

Active

HQO Reporting tool/product

On-Line Public Reporting

Dimension

Safe

Type

Process

DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION

Unit of Measurement

Percentage

Calculation Methods

Numerator/ Denominator * 100

Numerator including inclusion/exclusion

Number of times all three phrases of the surgical safety checklist was performed.

Denominator including inclusion/exclusion

All surgeries performed in the reporting time period

Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- detailed

None

Data Source

Self-Reporting Initiative (SRI), Surgical Efficiencies Target Program (SETp)

Data provided to HQO by

Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC)

Reported Levels of comparability /stratifications (defined)

Institution, Region, Time

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Caveats and Limitations

Data are self-reported by hospitals.

Comments Detailed

This indicator was reported via QIP from 2013-2017 but as of 2017/18 this indicator has been retired from QIP.