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Objective:

The study intent was to (1) encourage the use of surgical safety checklists and (2) measure the effect checklists have in reducing surgical complications.

Design:

An interventional study designed to improve postsurgical outcomes was performed.

Setting:

The study site was a 374-bed referral educational hospital in Shiraz, Iran, with 6 operating rooms. The study lasted 6 months.

Participants:

Patient selection involved a convenient sampling method with all eligible patients entering.

Intervention:

Our checklist covered 3 surgical stages-–before anesthesia, immediately before an incision, and before moving the patient to a recovery room. Persons included were operating room team members.

Main outcome measures:

Rates of postsurgical complication before and after application of the surgical safety checklist underwent comparison.

Results:

Incidence of any complication before and after intervention was 22.9 …