Checklist Application and Mortality

Sponsor
Regional Hospital of Bolzano (Other)
Overall Status
Withdrawn
CT.gov ID
NCT01356446
Collaborator
(none)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The study investigates the impact of the implementation of a surgical checklist on the mortality 30 days and 90 days after surgery. Patients scheduled for elective surgical procedures (excluding cardiac surgery) lasting at least 15 minutes are eligible. Surgery is performed in a single tertiary care center. The study is an open trial before and after intervention (implementation of the checklist "safe surgery saves lifes").

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Procedure: implementation surgical checklist
N/A

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Actual Enrollment :
0 participants
Allocation:
Non-Randomized
Intervention Model:
Crossover Assignment
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:
Prevention
Official Title:
Impact of the Surgical Checklist on 30-day and 90-day Mortality in Elective Non-cardiac Surgery
Study Start Date :
Jun 1, 2010
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
Jun 1, 2012
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
Jun 1, 2012

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
No Intervention: before surgical checklist

Active Comparator: after implementation surgical checklist

Procedure: implementation surgical checklist
a checklist according to the suggestions raised by the WHO is implemented

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. Change in over all mortality [within 90 days]

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. change in over all mortality [within 30 days]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
N/A and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No
Inclusion Criteria:
  • elective surgery in general or regional anesthesia lasting > 15 min
Exclusion Criteria:
  • urgent / emergent surgery

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 Bolzano Central Hospital Bolzano Italy 39100

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Regional Hospital of Bolzano

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Matthias Bock, MD, Central Hospital Bolzano, Italy

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
Matthias Bock, Impact of the Surgical Checklist on 30-day and 90-day Mortality in Elective Non-cardiac Surgery, Regional Hospital of Bolzano
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01356446
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • check4outcome3
First Posted:
May 19, 2011
Last Update Posted:
May 5, 2015
Last Verified:
May 1, 2015
Keywords provided by Matthias Bock, Impact of the Surgical Checklist on 30-day and 90-day Mortality in Elective Non-cardiac Surgery, Regional Hospital of Bolzano

Study Results

No Results Posted as of May 5, 2015