Table 1.

Themes of improvement activities and their use by the surgical centres

Themes of improvement activities	Borås	Falun	Karlstad	Norrbotten	Skövde	Västerås
Change in surgical technique
Increase the use of cold dissection and haemostasis	X		X	X	X	X
Decrease the use of coblation and/or bipolar diathermy and/or bipolar scissors	X	X	X	X	X	X
Reduce the power settings for bipolar diathermy	X	X		X	X	X
Revise the strategy for pharmacological pain treatment
Improve adherence to the national guidelines for pain treatment in paediatric patients		X	X	*	X	X
Revise the use of NSAIDs preoperatively		X		X		X
Information for patients and caregivers
Improve postoperative information to patients		X	X	X	X	X
Introduce telephone follow-up			X	*	X	*
Elevate the status of tonsillectomy
Improve training in the surgical technique of tonsillectomy among junior doctors	X	X	X	X		X
Discuss the quality improvement project in staff meetings	X	X	X	X	X	X

* Implemented before the quality improvement project