Cumplimiento de la lista de verificación de la cirugía segura en un hospital pediátrico de la ciudad de Guayaquil, año 2019.

Abstract

The Safe Surgery Checklist is a tool used by professionals immersed in the area of surgery, which allows them to improve the safety of their operations and therefore reduce the number of complications and unnecessary adverse events. Therefore, our objective of this investigation was to determine compliance with the safe surgery checklist in a pediatric hospital in the city of Guayaquil, type of study: descriptive, quantitative, prospective, and cross-sectional. Population made up of surgeons, anesthesiologists, surgical residents, instrumentalist nurses and circulators, Instruments, Direct observation guide and questionnaire of questions (survey). results: Demographic characteristics age 31 to 40 years (40%), sex female (60%), anesthesiologist function (30%), experience 1 to 5 years (30%), knowledge: on whether you know the safe checklist, (90%) if they receive training and 65% receive once a month, 90% confirm the identity of the patient, 85% mark the surgical site, 95% check the anesthesia devices and 100% place the Pulse Oximeter at patient. Discussion, according to Guamán in Ecuador in 2015, morbidity and mortality decreases with compliance with the safe checklist, which is consistent with our study. Conclusion: The surgical team complies with certain parameters that the WHO has established in the safe checklist and in a minimum percentage certain items are omitted by the surgical team.