Percepción del paciente quirúrgico respecto a cirugía segura basada en el checklist en hospital público

Objective: Determine the perception of the surgical patient regarding safe surgery based on the checklist in a public hospital. Method: Non-experimental, observational study, probabilistic sample of 340 surgical patients, internationally validated questionnaire adapted to reality was applied, with Cronbach Alpha reliability 0.715. Results: The majority of surgical patients perceived surgery overall as moderately safe (57.9%). Likewise, they perceived themselves to be moderately safe in dimension before anesthesia (48.8%), with the question being most valued, according to the arithmetic average when asked, if they had any type of allergy and the least correct was the item regarding marking the site where they were going to operate. In dimension after the surgical act, the majority felt insecurity (67.7%), with the most valued indicator being the surgeon's recommendation. The majority of patients thought that the safety of services in the hospital is adequate (80.9%). Conclusions: Surgical patients in a public hospital perceived surgery based on the checklist as moderately safe.