Safety, quality & education

Development of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Surgical Safety Checklist Through a Modified Delphi Process

JAMA Netw OpenPublished Modified Delphi consensus study

An erratum to this article was published (JAMA Netw Open, 1 Mar 2023 ↗)

Authors' conclusion

The SSC could be modified to align with ERAS recommendations for patients undergoing major surgery within an ERAS protocol.

Study context

Population
International Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) experts (surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses) from diverse practice settings in 19 countriesRound 1
Participants
105 experts
Outcome
Consensus (≥70% agreement) on colorectal or gynecologic oncology ERAS recommendations for inclusion in an ERAS-specific SSC
Methodological details3-round, snowball sampling, international expert panel, Final analysis May 2022
  • 3-round
  • Snowball sampling
  • International expert panel
  • Final analysis May 2022

Recommendations

As reported in the abstract

ERAS recommendations evaluated

27

ERAS components meeting criteria for development into an Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) prompt

11

Proposed prompts with universal consensus (≥70% agreement) for inclusion in the 3-part ERAS-specific SSC (before induction, skin incision, leaving the OR)

37

Original publication

Development of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Surgical Safety Checklist Through a Modified Delphi Process. JAMA Netw Open. Published 1 February 2023. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.48460

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