Table 2.
Team sign out items (n = 32 direct observations)
| Team Sign Out (TSO) before patient leaves OR | Item confirmed % (n) |
|---|---|
| Operating surgeon: «Team Sign Out, please» | 22 (7) |
| Operating surgeon | |
| Name of the procedure | 22 (7) |
| Dressing, Drainage, Specials | 22 (7) |
| Prescriptions | 19 (6) |
| Correct specimen labelling, forms and laboratory containers (Patients name and birth date) | 16 (5) |
| OR-Nurses | |
| Completion of instrument, sponge and needle count | 16 (5) |
| Image intensifier images transmitted to PACSa | 13 (4) |
| Images- and Video data saved | 13 (4) |
| Anesthetist | |
| Relevant events | 19 (6) |
| Postoperative Analgesia | 19 (6) |
| Prescriptions | 19 (6) |
| Other | 16 (5 |
| Whole OR team | |
| Unexpected, critical events | 16 (5) |
| If yes, specified and reported (CIRS)b | 13 (4) |
| Team Sign Out «completed» | 19 (6) |
aPicture archiving and communication system
bCritical incident reporting system