Table 2.

List of 29 core standards, with comparison of handwritten and typed operation notes

Core standards	Overall %	Range	% N/A	Handwritten %	Typed %	Chi-squared p value
1. Available on ward	87.8	44.3–100	-	94.9	83.9	<0.0001
2. Date	99.0	96.2–100	-	98.8	99.5	0.185
3. Time	25.3	1.1–91.3	-	19.4	36.5	<0.0001
4. Legible	97.9	93.2–100	-	96.5	99.8	<0.0001
5. Patient identifiers	97.6	83.7–100	-	95.7	99.8	<0.0001
7. Surgeon named	99.3	96.6–100	-	99.0	99.5	0.312
8. Assistant named	80.5	57.9–97.5	2.7	76.3	77.8	0.007
9. Anaesthetist named	79.9	42.4–95.2	3.2	78.5	78.6	0.110
10. Anaesthetic given	60.9	35.6–85.2	-	58.1	68.3	<0.0001
11. Consultant responsible	73.6	37.1–97.6	-	72.2	74.0	0.510
12. Diagnosis	76.3	57.6–98.8	-	70.1	76.1	0.026
13. Operation named	99.2	97.4–100	-	99.4	98.8	0.345
14. Patient position	56.8	37.3–77.8	-	47.4	64.3	<0.0001
15. Incision/Approach	90.0	76.7–98.8	1.4	86.1	93.2	<0.0001
16. Exposure	52.8	18.6–73.9	4	52.1	53.4	0.75
17. Elective/Emergency	23.2	0.5–52.3	-	30.1	23.5	0.015
18. Findings described	80.1	59.8–93.8	-	68.9	88.6	<0.0001
19. Additional procedures performed and why	50.5	27.1–75.0	1.5	42.9	56.7	<0.0001
20. Tissue removed/added/altered	62.0	31.7–87.7	-	46.4	71.5	<0.0001
21. Prosthesis	47.9	31.7–87.7	41.1	43.4	47.6	0.209
22. Serial no of prostheses	18.1	0–72.8	41.1	11.0	6.6	0.006
23. Serial no of prostheses recorded elsewhere	42.1	5.4–78	41.1	37.2	42.5	0.224
24. Complications described	20.6	0–79	-	16.6	18.2	0.486
25. Closure	81.0	7.6–97.5	3.5	89.0	89.4	0.184
26. Postop instructions	97.6	89.4–100	-	94.5	99.7	<0.0001
27. Antibiotics	53.1	42.6–79.7	-	48.7	50.6	0.530
28. VTE prophylaxis	50.6	40.9–67.8	-	45.6	51.4	0.056
29. Signature	81.9	2.5–100	-	95.1	60.2	<0.0001