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Table 1 Sample characteristics in per cent

From: Surgical checklist use in Switzerland 2015 – where are we today?: a cross-sectional national survey study

  

n = 1097a

Survey language

German

78.9

French

18

Italian

3.1

Gender

female

43.2

male

56.8

Mean age in years (SD)

 

49.2 (9.6)

Educationb

Doctoral staff:

 

Consultant

99.8

Nursing staff:

 

Theatre nurses

12.1

Nurses with special education in

 

- anaesthesia nursing

80.7

- intensive care

0.8

Surgical technicians

6.5

Years of professional experience

0 - 2 years

2.1

2 - 5 years

5.7

5 - 10 years

8.0

10 - 20 years

29.0

more than 20 years

55.2

Percentage of time spent in the OR in an average week

Less than 10 %

4.8

10-25 %

15.4

26-50 %

22.0

51-75 %

22.3

76-90 %

18.5

91-100 %

17.0

Primary workplace

medical office

3.8

medical office and hospital

16.2

hospital

80.0

  1. Data not adding up to 100 % are due to missing values
  2. Note: a97 individuals reporting not knowing the WHO surgical checklist were dropped from the analyses. bEducation was reported separately for doctoral staff and nursing staff. Hence, doctoral staff will add up to 100 % and nursing staff will add up to 100 % separately in this category