title: [Safe surgery checklist: analysis of the safety and communication of teams from a teaching hospital].
abstract: This study aimed to apply the WHO surgical safety checklist in the surgical specialties of a university hospital and to evaluate the opinion of the team regarding the influence of its application on the safety of the surgical process and on the interpersonal communication of the team. It is a descriptive, analytical qualitative field study conducted in the surgical center of a university hospital Data were collected by applying the checklist in a total of 30 surgeries. The researcher conducted its application in three phases, and then members of the surgical team were invited to voluntarily participate in the study, signifying their agreement to participate by signing an informed consent form and answering guiding questions. Bardin's Content Analysis Method was used to organize and analyze the data. The subjects did not notice any changes in their interpersonal communication when using the checklist; however, they gave suggestions and reported that its use provided greater safety to the procedure.
authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Pretom Especialista em Centro Cirúgico, Recuperagno Ribeiro Preto, São Paulo, Brasil. appancieri@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Ana Paula
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Pancieri
authors.forename: Bruna Pegorer
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Marla Andréia Garcia
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: de Avila
authors.forename: Eliana Mara
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Braga
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001938:Brazil; D057189:Checklist; D005260:Female; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D013502:General Surgery; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000523:psychology; D009872:Operating Room Technicians; D010348:Patient Care Team; D061214:Patient Safety; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology; D011300:Preoperative Care; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D014944:World Health Organization