Completion of hand-written surgical consent forms is frequently suboptimal and could be improved by using electronically generated, procedure-specific forms

The Surgeon : Journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland
E R St JohnG T Layer

Abstract

Completion of hand-written consent forms for surgical procedures may suffer from missing or inaccurate information, poor legibility and high variability. We audited the completion of hand-written consent forms and trialled a web-based application to generate modifiable, procedure-specific consent forms. The investigation comprised two phases at separate UK hospitals. In phase one, the completion of individual responses in hand-written consent forms for a variety of procedures were prospectively audited. Responses were categorised into three domains (patient details, procedure details and patient sign-off) that were considered "failed" if a contained element was not correct and legible. Phase two was confined to a breast surgical unit where hand-written consent forms were assessed as for phase one and interrogated for missing complications by two independent experts. An electronic consent platform was introduced and electronically-produced consent forms assessed. In phase one, 99 hand-written consent forms were assessed and the domain failure rates were: patient details 10%; procedure details 30%; and patient sign-off 27%. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy was the most common procedure (7/99) but there was significant variability in ...Continue Reading

References

Aug 10, 2000·The British Journal of Surgery·H Goodwin
Jul 4, 2006·The Journal of Urology·Muta M IssaAaron S Fink
Sep 28, 2006·Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England·A M ChenP J McDonald
Feb 24, 2007·Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England·Nick ProbertMartyn E Lovell
Jun 2, 2009·Frontiers in Bioscience (Scholar Edition)·Frank Strutz
Apr 24, 2010·Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England·Andrew W BarrittPaul A Gibb
Nov 19, 2010·Journal of Medical Ethics·Luthfur RahmanJames Hutchinson
Apr 16, 2011·Journal of Patient Safety·Savyasachi C ThakkarSimon C Mears
Sep 21, 2011·The Medical Journal of Australia·Andrew J GogosDavid M Studdert
Jun 2, 2012·Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery : JPRAS·Marie M BismarkDavid M Studdert
Oct 16, 2012·BMJ : British Medical Journal·Matthew Limb
Apr 11, 2013·British Journal of Hospital Medicine·Jennifer IsherwoodHemant Pandit
Mar 18, 2015·BMJ : British Medical Journal·Daniel K Sokol

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

May 21, 2020·JAMA Surgery·J Jeffery ReevesChristopher A Longhurst
Jul 16, 2020·Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. Part a·Mina MesriRaimundas Lunevicius
Nov 1, 2017·JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics·Veng ChhinFei-Fei Liu
Sep 29, 2020·Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England·V SivarajahS Jeyarajah
Sep 25, 2020·Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine·Eric JatonMichael A Puskarich
Dec 29, 2020·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·J Brian BoydDena B Mastrogiovanni
Mar 31, 2021·The British Journal of Surgery·E R St JohnD R Leff
Apr 21, 2021·Journal of the American College of Surgeons·Sean C Wightman, Baddr A Shakhsheer

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Trending Feeds

COVID-19

Coronaviruses encompass a large family of viruses that cause the common cold as well as more serious diseases, such as the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19; formally known as 2019-nCoV). Coronaviruses can spread from animals to humans; symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath, and breathing difficulties; in more severe cases, infection can lead to death. This feed covers recent research on COVID-19.

Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis fungal infections spread through inhaling Blastomyces dermatitidis spores. Discover the latest research on blastomycosis fungal infections here.

Nuclear Pore Complex in ALS/FTD

Alterations in nucleocytoplasmic transport, controlled by the nuclear pore complex, may be involved in the pathomechanism underlying multiple neurodegenerative diseases including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia. Here is the latest research on the nuclear pore complex in ALS and FTD.

Applications of Molecular Barcoding

The concept of molecular barcoding is that each original DNA or RNA molecule is attached to a unique sequence barcode. Sequence reads having different barcodes represent different original molecules, while sequence reads having the same barcode are results of PCR duplication from one original molecule. Discover the latest research on molecular barcoding here.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disease characterized by unexplained disabling fatigue; the pathology of which is incompletely understood. Discover the latest research on chronic fatigue syndrome here.

Evolution of Pluripotency

Pluripotency refers to the ability of a cell to develop into three primary germ cell layers of the embryo. This feed focuses on the mechanisms that underlie the evolution of pluripotency. Here is the latest research.

Position Effect Variegation

Position Effect Variagation occurs when a gene is inactivated due to its positioning near heterochromatic regions within a chromosome. Discover the latest research on Position Effect Variagation here.

STING Receptor Agonists

Stimulator of IFN genes (STING) are a group of transmembrane proteins that are involved in the induction of type I interferon that is important in the innate immune response. The stimulation of STING has been an active area of research in the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Here is the latest research on STING receptor agonists.

Microbicide

Microbicides are products that can be applied to vaginal or rectal mucosal surfaces with the goal of preventing, or at least significantly reducing, the transmission of sexually transmitted infections. Here is the latest research on microbicides.

Related Papers

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Jeffrey C McIlwain
Klinichna khirurhiia
P G KondratenkoA A Vasil'ev
© 2022 Meta ULC. All rights reserved