Multidisciplinary, evidence-based, patient-centred perioperative patient safety recommendations: a European consensus study☆
Authors' conclusion
A set of 101 comprehensive, evidence-based, patient-centred perioperative patient safety practices was developed through a European consensus process to improve the quality of care in healthcare facilities across Europe and beyond.
Study context
- Population
- Multidisciplinary expert panel from 19 European countries, with patient representatives, on perioperative patient safety80.3% response rate
- Participants
- 66 participants
- Outcome
- Consensus on perioperative patient safety recommendations (≥70% of panel rating 7-9 on a 9-point Likert scale for importance and feasibility)
Methodological detailsmultimethod: systematic review of guidelines and modified Delphi, two-round modified Delphi, 2-day face-to-face consensus conference, multidisciplinary, patient representatives
- Multimethod: systematic review of guidelines and modified Delphi
- Two-round modified Delphi
- 2-day face-to-face consensus conference
- Multidisciplinary
- Patient representatives
Recommendations
As reported in the abstract
Consensus perioperative patient safety practices
- Final set of recommended perioperative patient safety practices
- 101
- Guidelines included in systematic review
- 267
- Recommendations identified and extracted
- 4666
- Recommendations presented for Delphi survey after four synthesis rounds
- 99
- Delphi response rate
- 80.3%
Original publication
Multidisciplinary, evidence-based, patient-centred perioperative patient safety recommendations: a European consensus study☆. Br J Anaesth. Published 12 June 2025. doi:10.
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