What is the Case Definition for the Surgical Safety Checklist?
The Safe Surgical Checklist (SSCL) compliance indicator is a process measure, and refers to the percentage of surgeries in which a three-phase surgical safety checklist was performed correctly and appropriately for each surgical patient. All surgeries carried out in a fully equipped (and MIS coded functional centre) operating room are eligible to report the use the SSCL. The SSCL is considered performed when the designated checklist coordinator confirms that surgical team members have implemented and/or addressed all of the necessary tasks and items in each of the three phases-‘Briefing’, ‘Time Out’ and ‘Debriefing’-of the checklist, based upon the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI)’s Surgical Safety Checklist. The percent compliance is calculated as follows: # of times all three phases of the surgical safety checklist was performed x 100 = % compliance Total surgeries What are hospitals required to report to the MOHLTC? Wait Times funded hospitals who are part of the Surgical Ef
