A Quality Improvement Project was undertaken to improve the completion of operative consent forms within a UK hospital plastic surgery department. Four weekly interventions were made which were accompanied by four further data collection cycles.
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AI-rewrites the medical criteria so a patient or caregiver can understand them. Always confirm with the trial site.
Legibility of consent forms
Timeframe: 4 weeks
Full population of patient signature, writing of name and dating of operative consent form
Timeframe: 4 weeks
Omission of all abbreviations from written description of operation + risks of operation + benefits of operation on operative consent form
Timeframe: 4 weeks