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Abstract
Background: The Surgical safety check list is an inexpensive tool capable of shifting the hierarchical culture in the operating room and fostering patient safety attitudes. Aim: 1) Evaluate compliance to World Health Organization surgical safety check list in operating room in selected setting, 2) To determine barriers of compliance to World Health Organization surgical safety check list (WHO SSC) in selected hospital . Method: Descriptive comparative design was utilized to attain the aim of the present study. Sample: Convenience sample from all available health care workers in operating room including 107 surgeons, 51 anesthesiologists and 120 nurses. Was collected with using tool consisted of two tools: Tool I: Part 1) Demographic characteristics, Part II) Barriers of compliance to world health organization Surgical Safety Checklist. Tool II: Compliance to world health organization surgical safety check list. Results: The study revealed that, there were statistically significant differences regarding sign in for both nurses and anesthetists. Also, a strong statistically significant difference was found regarding total score of both sign in and time out in two hospitals. Mostly (83.3%) of the health care workers reported that lack of training about SSC is the greatest barrier found. Conclusion: Majority of the health care workers reported that lack of training about Surgical Safety Check list was the greatest barrier found, There was no statistically significant difference between the two hospitals as regard compliance to world health organization surgical safety in “time out “ and sign out. Recommendations: applying surgical safety check list in operating room including surgeons, anesthesiologists and nurses.