Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Haugen, Arvid Steinar"
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Accuracy of surgical complication rate estimation using ICD-10 codes
Storesund, Anette; Haugen, Arvid Steinar; Hjortås, Magnus; Nortvedt, Monica Wammen; Flaatten, Hans; Eide, Geir Egil; Boermeester, Marja A.; Sevdalis, Nick; Søfteland, Eirik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-02)Background: The ICD‐10 codes are used globally for comparison of diagnoses and complications, and are an important tool for the development of patient safety, healthcare policies and the health economy. The aim of this ... -
Adjusting team involvement: a grounded theory study of challenges in utilizing a surgical safety checklist as experienced by nurses in the operating room
Wæhle, Hilde Valen; Haugen, Arvid Steinar; Søfteland, Eirik; Hjälmhult, Esther (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-09-07)Background: Even though the use of perioperative checklists have resulted in significant reduction in postoperative mortality and morbidity, as well as improvements of important information communication, the utilization ... -
Causal Analysis of World Health Organization's Surgical Safety Checklist Implementation Quality and Impact on Care Processes and Patient Outcomes: Secondary Analysis From a Large Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in Norway
Haugen, Arvid Steinar; Wæhle, Hilde Valen; Almeland, Stian Kreken; Harthug, Stig; Sevdalis, Nick; Eide, Geir Egil; Nortvedt, Monica Wammen; Smith, Ingrid; Softeland, Eirik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Objective: We hypothesize that high-quality implementation of the World Health Organization's Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) will lead to improved care processes and subsequently reduction of peri- and postoperative ... -
Clinical Efficacy of Combined Surgical Patient Safety System and the World Health Organization’s Checklists in Surgery. A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial
Storesund, Anette; Haugen, Arvid Steinar; Flaatten, Hans; Nortvedt, Monica W.; Eide, Geir Egil; Boermeester, Marja A.; Sevdalis, Nick; Tveiten, Øystein; Mahesparan, Ruby; Hjallen, Bjørg Merete; Fevang, Jonas Meling; Størksen, Catrine Hjelle; Thornhill, Heidi Frances; Sjøen, Gunnar Helge; Kolseth, Solveig Moss; Haaverstad, Rune; Sandli, Oda Kristine; Søfteland, Eirik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Importance: Checklists have been shown to improve patient outcomes in surgery. The intraoperatively used World Health Organization surgical safety checklist (WHO SSC) is now mandatory in many countries. The only evidenced ... -
Development and validation of patients' surgical safety checklist
Harris, Kristin; Søfteland, Eirik; Moi, Asgjerd Litleré; Harthug, Stig; Ravnøy, Mette; Storesund, Anette; Jurmy, Elaheh; Thakkar, Bhaumik; Haaverstad, Rune; Skeie, Eli; Valen, Hilde Wæhle; Sevdalis, Nick; Haugen, Arvid Steinar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: Poor uptake and understanding of critical perioperative information represent a major safety risk for surgical patients. Implementing a patient-driven surgical safety checklist might enhance the way critical ... -
Discharge care quality in hospitalised elderly patients: Extended validation of the Discharge Care Experiences Survey
Boge, Ranveig Marie; Haugen, Arvid Steinar; Nilsen, Roy Miodini; Bruvik, Frøydis Kristine; Harthug, Stig (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: The Discharge Care Experiences Survey (DICARES) was previously developed to measure quality of discharge care in elderly patients (≥ 65 years). The objective of this study was to test the factorial validity of ... -
Effect of the World Health Organization Checklist on Patient Outcomes: A Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Haugen, Arvid Steinar; Søfteland, Eirik; Almeland, Stian Kreken; Sevdalis, Nick; Vonen, Barthold; Eide, Geir Egil; Nortvedt, Monica Wammen; Harthug, Stig (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-05)Objectives: We hypothesized reduction of 30 days’ in-hospital morbidity, mortality, and length of stay postimplementation of the World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC). Background: Reductions of morbidity ... -
Elderly patients’ (≥65 years) experiences associated with discharge; Development, validity and reliability of the Discharge Care Experiences Survey
Boge, Ranveig Marie; Haugen, Arvid Steinar; Nilsen, Roy Miodini; Harthug, Stig (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-11-07)Background: A review of the literature reveals a lack of validated instruments that particularly measure quality in the hospital discharge process. This study aims to develop and validate a survey instrument feasible for ... -
Feasibility of implementing a surgical patient safety checklist: prospective cross-sectional evaluation
Harris, Kristin; Søfteland, Eirik; Moi, Asgjerd Litleré; Harthug, Stig; Ravnøy, Mette; Storesund, Anette; Jurmy, Elaheh; Skeie, Eli; Wæhle, Hilde Valen; Sevdalis, Nick; Haugen, Arvid Steinar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background The World Health Organization’s Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021–2030 call for attention to patient and family involvement to reduce preventable patient harm. Existing evidence indicates that patients’ ... -
How does the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist fit with existing perioperative risk management strategies? An ethnographic study across surgical specialties
Wæhle, Hilde Valen; Haugen, Arvid Steinar; Wiig, Siri; Softeland, Eirik; Sevdalis, Nick; Harthug, Stig (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background The World Health Organization (WHO) Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) has demonstrated beneficial impacts on a range of patient- and team outcomes, though variation in SSC implementation and staffʼs perception ... -
Impact of a surgical safety checklist on safety culture, morbidity, and mortality. A stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial
Haugen, Arvid Steinar (Doctoral thesis, 2014-08-26)Introduction: The incidence of in-hospital adverse events is estimated to occur in approximately 1 out of 10 patients. Events happening during surgical procedures contribute up to 60%, and of these, more than half are ... -
Impact of the Norwegian National Patient Safety Program on implementation of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist and on perioperative safety culture
Haugen, Arvid Steinar; Søfteland, Eirik; Sevdalis, Nick; Eide, Geir Egil; Nortvedt, Monica Wammen; Vincent, Charles; Harthug, Stig (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objectives Our primary objective was to study the impact of the Norwegian National Patient Safety Campaign and Program on Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) implementation and on safety culture. Secondary objective was ... -
Impact of the World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist on safety culture in the operating theatre: a controlled intervention study
Haugen, Arvid Steinar; Søfteland, Eirik; Eide, Geir Egil; Sevdalis, Nick; Vincent, Charles A.; Nortvedt, Monica Wammen; Harthug, Stig (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-05)Background: Positive changes in safety culture have been hypothesized to be one of the mechanisms behind the reduction in mortality and morbidity after the introduction of the World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety ... -
Investigation of perioperative work processes in provision of antibiotic prophylaxis: a prospective descriptive qualitative study across surgical specialties in Norway
Harthug, Stig; Søfteland, Eirik; Haugen, Arvid Steinar; Sevdalis, Nick; Smith, Ingrid; Wiig, Siri; Aase, Karina; Wæhle, Hilde Valen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Abstract Objective: Surgical site infections are known postoperative complications, yet the most preventable of healthcare-associated infections. Correct provision of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) is crucial. Use ... -
Measuring discharge quality based on elderly patients’ experiences with discharge conversation: a cross-sectional study
Boge, Ranveig Marie; Haugen, Arvid Steinar; Nilsen, Roy Miodini; Bruvik, Frøydis Kristine; Harthug, Stig (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: Discharge conversation is an essential part of preparing patients for the period after hospitalisation. Successful communication during such conversations is associated with improved health outcomes for patients. ... -
Patient safety in surgical environments: Cross-countries comparison of psychometric properties and results of the Norwegian version of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety
Haugen, Arvid Steinar; Søfteland, Eirik; Eide, Geir Egil; Nortvedt, Monica Wammen; Aase, Karina; Harthug, Stig (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-09-22)Background: How hospital health care personnel perceive safety climate has been assessed in several countries by using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety (HSOPS). Few studies have examined safety climate factors in ... -
Patients’ and healthcare workers’ recommendations for a surgical patient safety checklist – a qualitative study
Harris, Kristin; Softeland, Eirik; Moi, Asgjerd Litleré; Harthug, Stig; Storesund, Anette; Jesuthasan, Sebastius; Sevdalis, Nick; Haugen, Arvid Steinar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Patients’ involvement in patient safety has increased in healthcare. Use of checklists may improve patient outcome in surgery, though few have attempted to engage patients’ use of surgical checklist. To identify ... -
A survey of surgical team members' perceptions of near misses and attitudes towards Time Out protocols
Haugen, Arvid Steinar; Murugesh, Shamini; Haaverstad, Rune; Eide, Geir Egil; Søfteland, Eirik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-10-09)Background: Medical errors are inherently of concern in modern health care. Although surgical errors as incorrect surgery (e.g., wrong patient, wrong site, or wrong procedure) are infrequent, they are devastating events ... -
Validation of a Norwegian version of SURgical PAtient Safety System (SURPASS) in combination with the World Health Organizations' Surgical Safety Checklist (WHO SSC)
Storesund, Anette; Haugen, Arvid Steinar; Wæhle, Hilde Valen; Mahesparan, Ruby; Boermeester, Marja A.; Nortvedt, Monica Wammen; Softeland, Eirik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01-07)Introduction: Surgical safety checklists may contribute to reduction of complications and mortality. The WHO’s Surgical Safety Checklist (WHO SSC) could prevent incidents in operating theatres, but errors also occur before ...