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Building on the government’s patient safety indicator initiative, The Ottawa Hospital is reporting on its surgical safety checklist compliance.

The surgical safety checklist covers the most common tasks and items that operating room teams carry out, and has been shown to reduce rates of death and complications among patients. It is a one-page list of items that surgical teams must discuss at three key times:

  1. Before the patient is given anesthesia with all team members present.
  2. Before skin incision.
  3. While all team members are present before closing the patient.

The Ottawa Hospital has been performing surgical safety checklists since 2005, but has been using the formal list being mandated by the province since June 2009. By implementing the new surgical safety checklist, The Ottawa Hospital will improve overall patient safety, teamwork and communication, and elevate surgical teams to an even higher standard of performance.

The dedicated health professionals who work at The Ottawa Hospital are committed to providing the best possible care to patients, and they believe that a public reporting regime will inspire improved performance, enhance patient safety and strengthen the public’s confidence.

Surgical Safety Checklists Public Reporting

Ongoing monitoring and support of the surgical safety checklist process is essential to ensuring proper adherence. All Ontario hospitals that perform surgeries are required to report on their use of the surgical safety checklist to the Ontario government, and to the public.

Surgical Safety Checklist (SSCL): Number of times the SSCL was completed for patients going to the Operating Room.

Surgical Safety Checklist (SSCL): Number of times the SSCL was completed for patients going to the Operating Room
  Civic Campus General Campus Riverside Campus
2022/2023 Number of Cases SSCL Completed Percentage Number of Cases SSCL Completed Percentage Number of Cases SSCL Completed Percentage
Q1 – Apr to June 2,382 2,371 99.5% 3,064 3,059 99.8% 3,930 3,818 97.2%
Q2 – July to Sept 2,263 2,254 99.6% 2,761 2,758 99.9% 3,429 3,155 92.0%
Q3 – Oct to Dec 2,524 2,518 99.8% 2,970 2,968 99.9% 4,209 3,676 87.3%
Q4 – Jan to Mar 2,672 2,661 99.6% 3,213 3,212 100.0% 4,587 3,962 86.4%
YTD 9,841 9,804 99.6% 12,008 11,997 99.9% 16,155 14,611 90.4%
2023/2024 Number of Cases SSCL Completed Percentage Number of Cases SSCL Completed Percentage Number of Cases SSCL Completed Percentage
Q1 – Apr to June 2,677 2,666 99.6% 3,540 3,536 99.9% 4,541 3,943 86.8%
Q2 – July to Sept 2,537 2,537 100.0% 3,173 3,172 100.0% 3,501 3,100 88.5%
Q3 – Oct to Dec 2,690 2,689 100.0% 3,441 3,441 100.0% 4,348 3,788 87.1%
Q4 – Jan to Mar                  
YTD 7,904 7,892 99.8% 3,540 3,536 100.0% 12,390 10,831 87.4%

Note: Excludes Cystoscopies

Last updated on: January 17th, 2024