Operating Room WHO Surgical Safety Checklist Process Completion: an Observational Study

"For each time-out procedure observed, the investigators will record compliance for each element of the time-out. Elements that are clearly verbalized by the member of the operating room team performing the time-out were considered compliant.~As each step of the time-out is verbalized by a team member, the operating room team members are expected to respond. The observations will be conducted by trained study staff using a standardized Checklist/ Proforma to assess surgical team compliance with the time-out protocol and to record general observations of the operating room environment. Any non-routine events that occurred during the time-out process will be recorded.~In each phase, the Checklist coordinator must be permitted to confirm that the team has completed its tasks before it proceeds onward."