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September 17, 2025CureusOpen Access

Improving the Quality of Surgical Operative Notes at Managil Teaching Hospital, Sudan: A Clinical Audit

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AMAbubakr MuhammedUniversity of GeziraAAAbdalmahmoud Asadig Kanan AhmedAlstom (France)AAAmir Malik Ibrahim AlgakChildren's Specialized Hospital

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Overview

Clinical audit improved documentation quality in surgical notes, indicating changes can enhance patient safety.

Key Points

  • Significant improvements in documentation quality were achieved after implementing structured approaches, enhancing patient safety and care.
  • The audit revealed key gains, particularly in documenting complications (+40.6%), with overall compliance showing marked improvement.
  • Retrospective-prospective clinical audit design evaluated 101 operative notes against RCS guidelines over two cycles.
  • Ongoing education and consistent audits are vital to address remaining documentation gaps, ensuring sustained quality improvements.

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Muhammed et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d4327d713b0b5dfea7163ahttps://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.92214
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