Table 1 Timeline related to the clusters wit hin one participating unit
Timeline Cluster (Surgeon) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time points are related to start of StOP? implementation per cluster | before intervention | up to -4 week to start of intervention | up to 2 weeks to intervention | first 2 weeks of intervention | during intervention, for each operation | 1 mo after start of intervention | 2 mo after start of intervention | 3 mo after start of intervention | 4 mo after start of intervention |
All surgeons | |||||||||
Surgeon recruitment | X | ||||||||
Eligibility screening | X | ||||||||
Informed consent | X | ||||||||
Allocation to intervention or control group | X | ||||||||
Demographic data collection | X | ||||||||
Hospital and surgical unit characteristics | X | X | |||||||
Measuring adherence with StOP? Protocol / if StOP?s were performed (questionnaires filled out by the scrub nurses) | X | ||||||||
Surgeons in the intervention group | |||||||||
StOP? training and on-site feedback | X | X | |||||||
Feedback and refresher training | X | X | X | ||||||
End of intervention report | X | ||||||||