Abstract

Resume. The introduction of checklists during anesthesia could affects the critical incidents incidence during anesthesia.
 The purpose of the study. Studying the impact of organizational technologies the checklist «Safe Surgery» and the checklist of anesthesia equipment on the frequency of critical incidents in Ukrainian hospitals during anesthesiology.
 Materials and methods. The audit was conducted at the Department of Surgery, Anesthesiology and Intensive Care of Postgraduate Education of Bogomolets NMU.
 Results. Critical incidents occurred in 150 (12,73%) cases in the control group and 63 (5,95%)) in the intervention group (OR 0.43 [0.32-0.59], p<0.0001).
 Conclusions. Being a method with a consistently proven positive effect in almost any surgical environment, a checklist is a reliable way to implement modern safety standards. The checklists used by most anesthesiologists during anesthesiology helped reduce the number of errors and shortcomings during manipulations.

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