Compliance and completeness of WHO Surgical Safety Checklist in a tertiary-level neurosurgical center in Nepal: a retrospective descriptive audit
Pratyush Shrestha, Prakriti Medhasi · 2026
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Pratyush Shrestha and Prakriti Medhasi audit WHO surgical checklist use at a Nepal brain surgery centre in 2026. Globally, an estimated 234 million operations yearly bring 1 million deaths and 7 million complications, half of the deaths preventable. Records for 50 straight cranial and spinal cases under general anaesthesia were checked across two windows, January to February 2020 and the same months in 2023.
Checklists went unfilled in 21 percent of emergency cases in 2020 and 38 percent in 2023. Elective cases missed forms in about 25 percent in both windows. In the sign-in domain, identity confirmation appeared in only 53 percent of cases. Elective and emergency gaps differed starkly, marking clear safety targets.
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| CREATOR | Pratyush Shrestha, Prakriti Medhasi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 15979 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |