Table 2 Identified benefits in the Q-Standard surgery

Better reporting on complications

This benefit indicates a better capture of complications. This means increased quality, as experts prefer to know about the occurrence of complications as much as possible.

Increase of pre surgery briefings of patients

The rate of missing medical briefing protocols decreased from 6 to 0.5 % in the re-accreditation cycle.

Actuality of the fact sheets and guidelines in the surgery manual

Fact sheets and guidelines within the surgery manual are no longer outdated. Most fact sheets are not older than three years. Consequently, employees use the manual more often.

Improvement of the meetings of the complication board

Meetings of the complications board “complications conference” have improved qualitatively. As a result, discussions during the meetings not only include statistical data but also case reviews.

Better overview on data collection

Prior to the re-accreditation, each sub-division separately collected their own data. It was difficult to overview what each sub-division did in case of data collection. As a consequence of the re-accreditation, an overview on data collection exists which facilitates the search for data.