How does the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist fit with existing perioperative risk management strategies? An ethnographic study across surgical specialties

Table 1 Hospital and interviewee characteristics

HOSPITAL CHARACTERISTICS					INTERVIEWEES CHARACTERISTICS
	Size^a	Surgical hospital stays^b	Level	Organisational structure	Number N = 17	Nurses^c Nurse anaesthetist/ Operating theatre nurse	Physicians^d Consultant anaesthesiologist/ Consultant surgeon/Surgeon	Cardiovascular perfusionist^e	Sex female/ male	Work – experience years qualified in profession - range
Hospital 1:	1066	33,584	Tertiary referral hospital	22 specialised units	9	4	3	2	4/5	5–32
Hospital 2:	244	7887	Secondary referral hospital	2 specialised units	8	4	4	0	3/5	3–30
Total	1310	41,471	–	–	17	8	7	2	7/10	3–32

^aSize: 2016 Occupancy rate (Statistics Norway) = bed-days/available bed-days. ^bSurgical hospital stays: 2016 reported stays with one or more surgical procedure, based on the classification system of the Norwegian diagnosis related groups (N-DRG, Norwegian Patient Registry. ^cAuthorisation requirements in Norway: 3-year bachelor degree in Nursing-180 ECTS^§ + either a 1,5-year Specialist education program-90 ETCS, or a 2-year Master’s program-120 ECTS at a College University degree. ^dAuthorisation requirements in Norway: 6-year cand. Med degree, 360 ECTS + 6,5 years of specialist training before qualification as consultant. ^eAuthorisation requirements in Norway: 3-year bachelor degree in Engineering or Nursing180 ECTS + a 2-year Master’s program-120 ECTS at a College University degree. ^§European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) credits