Call 7: Review Call and the Importance of Hospital Visits

Call 7: Review Call and the Importance of Hospital Visits

Welcome Back

Happy New Year!

Last Call• Does our checklist meet the goals of the

South Carolina Checklist?• Taking the Checklist into the OR.• Identifying the right people to use the

checklist for the first time.• Preparing and teaching surgical teams how

to use the checklist during testing.

How Did the Homework Go?

Homework to Date• Build an implementation team.

• Schedule a time and venue for a meeting to take place after January.

• Send us an email at: [email protected] letting us know how you would like to administer the survey at your hospital. Please also include your mailing address in this email.

• Download the OR Personnel Spreadsheet from our website and begin completing the information with the names, roles, and email addresses if relevant.

• Review the checklist modification guide and South Carolina Checklist Template.

• Modify the checklist with your implementation team and use it in a “table-top simulation”.

Homework to Date Continued• Test the checklist with one team and modify if

necessary.• Email us a picture of your checklist implementation

team.

Email: [email protected]• Identify departmental meetings to have the

implementation team speak after call 10.

Meeting the Team

Sara Singer, PhD, MBAImplementation Research

Director

Today’s Topics• Update on the webinar specifically for surgeons.• Participant check-in.• Review the testing of the checklist and where we are

going over the next couple of weeks.• Expanding the checklist from one team using it in

one case to testing the checklist for an entire day with one team.

• Hospital Visits by the South Carolina Hospital Association.

• Teaching teams to use the checklist with a demonstration video from your hospital.

Participant Check-In

Poll 1: Have you built an implementation team that consists

of at least one Anesthesiologist/CRNA, Circulating

Nurse, Scrub Tech, Surgeon, and Administrator?

• Yes• No, we are still looking for physician

champions to lead this effort.

Please Send Us a Picture of Your Hospital’s Checklist

Implementation Team

Baptist Easley Hospital Georgetown Hospital Beaufort Hospital

Palmetto Health, Richland

Poll 2: Have You Tested the Checklist in the OR with One

Surgical Team?• Yes• No, but we will be doing it soon• No, we are not planning on testing it in the

OR in the immediate future.

Poll 3: What Was the Result of Testing the Checklist in the

OR?• We added new items to our checklist.• We changed the wording on the checklist.• We removed some of the items that we

had on our checklist.• The checklist worked well and we didn’t

have to modify the checklist.

Poll 4: What is Your Checklist Like?Part I

1. Does your surgical checklist have three phases in the OR, before induction of anesthesia, before skin incision, and before the patient leaves the room?

2. Are the items on the checklist meant to be read aloud, without reliance on memory, so all members of the team can hear them?

3. Does every person that is present in the operating room have the opportunity to say something before skin incision, at a minimum they introduce themselves by name and role or state that they are ready to proceed? (This includes perfusionists, surgical assistants, PAs, residents, observers, manufacturer representatives, and other observers)

4. Will the surgeon share an operative plan and discuss: anticipated blood loss, expected duration of the procedure, possible difficulties, and implants or special equipment needed for the case with the entire team before skin incision?

5. Will the nurses and surgical techs discuss with the entire team their concerns about the patient?

6. Will the anesthesia providers discuss with the entire team the anesthetic plan and airway or other concerns?

Poll 5: What Is Your Checklist Like? Part II

7. Will the surgeon ask the entire team to speak up if they have any concerns during the case?

8. Before the patient leaves the OR will ALL members of the surgical team discuss equipment problems that need to be addressed, key concerns for recovery and management, and anything that could have been done better to make the case safer or more efficient?

Poll 6: What Is Your Checklist Like?Part III

The Next Stop on Our Journey:Testing the Checklist With One

Team For One Day

Testing the Checklist with One Team For One Day

• This might be a different team than the one that you originally tested the checklist with.

• Pick enthusiastic people to test the checklist with.

• Talk to everybody beforehand.• Have a member of the implementation in

the room or nearby so they can get everybody’s feedback and/or troubleshoot problems.

What To Focus Your Efforts On Over the Next Couple of

Weeks• Continue to test the checklist at your hospital. This time test it

for an entire day with one OR Team.• The next two webinars are extremely important, but we are

not going to ask you to do a lot of homework. • We would like to get all of the culture surveys back from you

before mid February so we can provide you with the results at a time that helps you with the checklist implementation.

• In order to do this we need all of your information from you. Lizzie will call you or send you an email tomorrow with the information that we need to move forward with the surveys.

Hospital VisitsSCHA Team

Kimberly Hubbard, MHAProject Coordinator

SCHA

Ashley Kay Childers, PhDSystems Engineer

SCHAClemson University

Safe Surgery 2015: SC Site Visits

• Safe Surgery 2015: SC team members visit and observe the checklist in action!

• Would like to visit each hospital at least once• Logistics are up to you• We learn from you – as well as from observing in

the operating rooms and speaking with staff• Verbal debrief on the day of the visit with a formal

report to follow to discuss the strengths and opportunities for improvement

Benefits• Reenergize staff• Share ideas for improvement and lessons

learned from other hospitals• Outside perspective on strengths and

weaknesses. This usually confirms what you already new, but we also…

• Immediate feedback and a hard copy report to share with your leadership and staff

• Feedback to the Harvard team helps us learn about you and shape Safe Surgery 2015: SC

Other Information• 3-6 months later if requested• Safe Surgery 2015: SC Student project• For more information or to schedule a site

visit, please email:Kimberly Hubbard : [email protected]

Ashley Kay Childers: [email protected]

Homework• Have one team use the checklist for every

case for one day and modify the checklist as needed.

• Send us your hospital’s checklist and a picture of your implementation team.

• Work with our team to get the information needed to administer the culture survey at your hospital.

?Questions

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Next Weeks Call:Engaging Your Colleagues

Office Hours: Tuesday 2:00-3:00

Resources

Website: www.safesurgery2015.org

Email: [email protected]