I wholeheartedly endorse its adaptation of the checklist and view the SCOAP initiative to take it statewide as an example for our whole nation. But it makes no difference if there is no community participation to use it and measure the results. Our WHO safe surgery checklist has been proved to reduce deaths and complications by more than a third. We in surgery have been slow to take collective responsibility for insuring basic standards of good care are followed everywhere surgery is done. “I am a huge fan of SCOAP.” - Atul Gawande, best-selling author and surgeon: Why should hospitals/surgeons participate in the SCOAP Surgical Checklist? Congratulations to Washington Hospitals!īy March 2010, SCOAP and the Washington State Hospital Association announced that 100% of Washington State hospitals (plus some of the free-standing surgery centers) had either implemented a standardized surgical checklist or were in the process of doing so. The coalition members set the goal of getting a Surgical Checklist into every OR in Washington State by January 2010, leading to media attention across the state along with proclamation from the governor. In January 2009, a coalition of healthcare stakeholders supported the initiative’s goal of having a SCOAP checklist in every OR at every hospital in Washington State by the end of the year. The SCOAP checklist is an active way of controlling the variability that exists in surgical care, thus creating a system that delivers safer surgery. The SCOAP OR Surgical Checklist, which goes beyond the JCAHO “time out” concept, guarantees that vital steps to a successful procedure are carried out and reinforces a culture of patient safety. The checklist is used at the start of surgery as part of an extended “time out” and after surgery as part of a debriefing. SCOAP has produced a safety and quality checklist for the OR which is rolling out in all hospitals in Washington State.
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