Background: To check the effectiveness of checklist in increasing surgical safety of patients in dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery. And To measure the frequency of checklist components completion in cases with use of checklist. Study Design: Our study was a prospective study of pre-intervention and post-intervention periods at MARDC Department of Oral and maxillofacial surgery, participating as a pilot site under the “Safe Surgery Saves Lives” program.
Methods: This was a prospective study of pre-intervention and post-intervention to check the effectiveness of checklist in increasing surgical safety of patients in dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery and to measure the frequency of checklist components completion in cases with use of checklist. The incidence of various errors was calculated before and after intervention (Seminar) and test of significance was applied to…
