- E-mailE.Softeland@uib.no
- Phone+47 55976892
- Visitor AddressHaukeland Universitetssykehus Laboratoriebygget, 7. etg. Heis øst5009 Bergen
- Postal AddressPostboks 78045020 Bergen
Academic article
- (2022). Physician participation in quality improvement work- interest and opportunity: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Primary Care. 1-9.
- (2022). Development and validation of patients' surgical safety checklist. BMC Health Services Research. 12 pages.
- (2021). Evaluation of novel concentrated interdisciplinary group rehabilitation for patients with chronic illnesses: Protocol for a nonrandomized clinical intervention study. JMIR Research Protocols. 1-13.
- (2021). Effekter av intraoperativ dexmedetomidine infusjon på postoperative smerter etter craniotomi, en litteraturoversikt. Brain Sciences. 12 pages.
- (2020). Patients’ and healthcare workers’ recommendations for a surgical patient safety checklist – a qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research. 1-10.
- (2020). Impact of the Norwegian National Patient Safety Program on implementation of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist and on perioperative safety culture. BMJ Open Quality. 1-9.
- (2020). How does the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist fit with existing perioperative risk management strategies? An ethnographic study across surgical specialties. BMC Health Services Research. 1-11.
- (2020). Clinical Efficacy of Combined Surgical Patient Safety System and the World Health Organization's Checklists in Surgery: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Surgery. 562-570.
- (2020). A health economic evaluation of the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist. Annals of Surgery. 679-684.
- (2019). Validation of a Norwegian version of SURgical PAtient Safety System (SURPASS) in combination with the World Health Organizations' Surgical Safety Checklist (WHO SSC). BMJ Open Quality.
- (2019). Investigation of perioperative work processes in provision of antibiotic prophylaxis: a prospective descriptive qualitative study across surgical specialties in Norway . BMJ Open. 1-11.
- (2019). Impact of the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist on Patient Safety. Anesthesiology. 420-425.
- (2019). Evaluation of a new e-learning framework for teaching nuclear medicine and radiology to undergraduate medical students. Acta Radiologica Open. 1-6.
- (2019). Causal analysis of World Health Organization's surgical safety checklist implementation quality and impact on care processes and patient outcomes: Secondary analysis from a large stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial in Norway. Annals of Surgery. 283-290.
- (2018). Accuracy of surgical complication rate estimation using ICD-10 codes. British Journal of Surgery. 236-244.
- (2017). Continuous ventilation during intubation through a supraglottic airway device guided by fiberoptic bronchoscopy: a observational assessment. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 23-30.
- (2017). Causal Analysis of World Health Organization's Surgical Safety Checklist Implementation Quality and Impact on Care Processes and Patient Outcomes: Secondary Analysis From a Large Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in Norway. Annals of Surgery.
- (2016). Preventing Complications - The Preflight Checklist. European Urology Focus. 60-62.
- (2015). Effect of the World Health Organization Checklist on Patient Outcomes: A Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Annals of Surgery. 821-828.
- (2013). Impact of the World Health Organization's Surgical Safety Checklist on safety culture in the operating theatre: a controlled intervention study. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 807-815.
- (2013). A survey of surgical team members’ perceptions of near misses and attitudes towards Time Out protocols. BMC Surgery.
- (2012). Adjusting team involvement: a grounded theory study of challenges in utilizing a surgical safety checklist as experienced by nurses in the operating room. BMC Nursing.
- (2011). Implementation of checklists in health care; learning from high-reliability organisations. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine. 7.
- (2010). The effect of a simple checklist on frequent pre-induction deficiencies. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 1179-1184.
- (2010). Patient safety in surgical environments: Cross-countries comparison of psychometric properties and results of the Norwegian version of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety. BMC Health Services Research. 10 pages.
- (2010). Checklists in the operating room: Help or hurdle? A qualitative study on health workers' experiences. BMC Health Services Research. 1 pages.
- (2006). Veiledning i klinisk forskning under spesialistutdanning: Dilemma og muligheter. Oppgave KUrs i Universitetspedagogikk UiB, Modul Forskingsveiledning BORA 27/11-06. UPED-skrift.
- (2006). Evaluation of a porcine model to study in vivo platelet activation. Thrombosis Research. 341-352.
- (2006). Cardiopulmonary distress during obstetrical anaesthesia: attempts to diagnose amniotic fluid embolism in a case series of suspected allergic anaphylaxis. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 324-330.
- (2004). Pneumomediastinum in labour -- probably not caused by a lumbar epidural anaesthesia. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 123-125.
- (2003). Thrombocytopenia in Pregnancy. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 2250-2252.
- (2003). Anaesthetic complications associated with myotonia congenita: case study and comparison with other myotonic disorders. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 630-634.
- (1995). Simple method for labeling of porcine platelets with %1%1%1indium-oxine. Laboratory animal science (Chicago). 48-51.
- (1995). Evaluation of medical equipment and emergency procedures for hyperbaric use. Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine, Suppl.. 63.
- (1995). Evaluation of Thiopentone-Midazolam-Fentanyl aneaesthesia in pigs. Laboratory Animals. 269-275.
- (1995). Animals in hyperbaric research. Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science. 36.
- (1995). A Transport and monitoring unit for piglets under general anaesthesia. Laboratory Animals. 282-285.
- (1994). Nitrogen microbubbles induce a disappearance of single platelets (aggregation) with porcine platelets: A comparative study of the effects of anticoagulants and blood collection methods. Thrombosis Research. 61-70.
- (1992). Ventrikkel- og duodenalsonde. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 1601-1601.
- (1992). Porcine platelets in vitro and in vivo studies. Relevance to human thrombosis research. European Journal of Haematology. 161-173.
Academic lecture
- (2023). Epidemiologi og patofysiologi ved diabetisk diaré (DIAREPA).
- (2022). Reduksjon av komplikasjoner, reoperasjoner og reinnleggelser når pre- og postoperative sjekklister ble brukt i tillegg til Trygg kirurgi sjekkliste.
- (2022). Investigating implementation of patient safety interventions in primary and specialised health care: A multimethod study.
- (2022). Investigating implementation of patient safety interventions in primary and specialised health care: A multimethod study in progress..
- (2022). Implementation of a safety checklist for surgical patients - a Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.
- (2021). Surgical patients' safety checklist (PASC) - a feasibility study of surgical checklists in a stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial.
- (2019). Explanations On Improved Patient Outcomes- And Perioperative Care Processes, Following Implementation Of The World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist .
- (2018). Use of WHO Surgical Safety Checklist Improved Work Processes in Operating Theatre and Patient Outcome – a Stepped Wedge Cluster RCT.
- (2018). Experiences on utilization of a stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial designed implementation of surgical safety checklists in two Norwegian hospitals. .
- (2016). EFFICACY OF A SURGICAL SAFETY CHECKLIST IN IMPROVING ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS IN SURGERY.
- (2011). Sikkerhetskultur i operasjonsavdelingen.
- (2011). Perceptions of safety climate in anaesthesia and surgery.
Reader opinion piece
- (2019). It’s not miraculous, it’s a no-brainer. The BMJ.
Letter to the editor
- (2017). Reply to Letters to the Editor Concerning the Article Continuous Ventilation During Intubation Through A Supraglottic Airway Device Guided By Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy: A feasibility study: A strategy for securing a definitive airway after successful rescue by supraglottic airway device: TABASCO. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 698-700.
- (2017). A strategy for securing a definitive airway after successful rescue by supraglottic airway device: TABASCO. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 698-700.
- (2016). Reply. Annals of Surgery. e24-e25.
- (2014). Reply to "Letter to Editor Concerning the Article-Effect of the World Health Organization Checklist on Patient Outcomes: A Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial". Annals of Surgery. 1-1.
Doctoral dissertation
- (2002). Porcine platelet activation: Aspects on diving and establishing an animal model. -.
Poster
- (2011). Patient safety in surgical environments: Cross-countries comparison of psychometric properties and results of the Norwegian version of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety.
Academic literature review
- (2014). The effects of safety checklists in medicine: a systematic review. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 5-18.
- (2006). Intrauterine growth restriction. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 5-12.
Website (informational material)
- (2021). Protocol: Context influences on implementation of three patient safety practices – a scoping review.
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