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Surgical safety checklists

BMJ, 2009
Improve collaborative teamwork, minimise surprises, and reduce harm to patients Surgical deaths and complications are a global public health problem. The World Health Organization estimates that each year half a million deaths related to surgery could be prevented.1 2 In England and Wales, the National Patient Safety Agency’s national reporting and ...
Soar, Jasmeet, Peyton, James, Leonard, Michael, Pullyblank, Anne M.   +3 more
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Surgical safety checklist for surgical interventions

Pirogov Russian Journal of Surgery, 2023
The review is devoted to mostly international data on patient safety during surgical procedures. The author emphasizes surgical safety checklist for surgical interventions as a tool developed by the WHO team. The principal objective of this document is protection of patients from harm following unintended misses and casual circumstances.
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Surgical Safety Checklist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 2013
To provide guidance on the implementation of a surgical safety checklist in the practice of obstetrics and gynaecology.OUTCOMES evaluated include the impact of the surgical safety checklist on surgical morbidity and mortality.Medline databases were searched for articles on subjects related to "surgical safety checklist" published in English from ...
Sony Sukhbir Singh, Dunn, Sheila, David Rittenberg   +2 more
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Surgical Safety Checklists in Developing Countries

International Journal of Surgery, 2014
The World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist (WHO SSC) has demonstrated efficacy in developed and developing countries alike. Recent increases in awareness of surgical morbidity in developing countries has placed greater emphasis on strategies to improve surgical safety in resource-limited settings.
Sayinthen Vivekanantham, Joseph Shalhoub, Mahiben Maruthappu   +2 more
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Development of a combat surgical safety checklist

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2020
Background Surgical safety checklists are recommended by the World Health Organization, have wide use in civilian hospitals, and have been shown to improve patient outcomes. However, civilian checklists may not capture all the relevant factors for patient and team safety in a combat environment.
Richard, Hilsden, John, McPherson, Daniel, Power, Allan, Taylor, Dee, Colley, Laura, Parkinson, Shane A, Smith   +6 more
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Effective Surgical Safety Checklist Implementation

Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2011
Research suggests that surgical safety checklists can reduce mortality and other postoperative complications. The real world impact of surgical safety checklists on patient outcomes, however, depends on the effectiveness of hospitals' implementation processes.We studied implementation processes in 5 Washington State hospitals by conducting ...
Conley, Dante M., Singer, Sara J., Edmondson, Lizabeth, Berry, William R., Gawande, Atul   +4 more
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Factors that enhance compliance with the Surgical Safety Checklist

British Journal of Nursing, 2022
Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that its Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) has resulted in significant reductions in morbidity and mortality. Despite its proven success, meaningful compliance with the Surgical Safety Checklist initiative has been low.
Claire, McNamara, Kathleen, Markey, Claire, O'Donnell, Jill, Murphy, Brid, O'Brien   +4 more
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Surgical safety checklist: implementation in an ambulatory surgical facility

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie, 2013
In 2007, the World Health Organization created a Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) that encompassed a simple set of surgical safety standards. The threefold purpose of this study was to add ambulatory-specific items to the SSC, to introduce the items into an ambulatory surgical facility, and to determine if patient outcomes regarding postoperative pain ...
Pamela J, Morgan, Lisa, Cunningham, Sohini, Mitra, Natalie, Wong, Wei, Wu, Victoria, Noguera, Mary, Li, John, Semple   +7 more
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Effectiveness of Surgical Safety Checklists in Improving Patient Safety

Orthopedics, 2016
Wrong-site surgery is all too common. Despite more than a decade of campaigns by major organizations to prevent these events, there are still reports of such mistakes. This article reviews the recent literature on surgical safety checklists and other tools designed to prevent wrong-site surgery and improve patient safety in the operating ...
Paul S, Ragusa, Adam, Bitterman, Brett, Auerbach, William A, Healy   +3 more
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Surgical safety checklist: successful in Scotland

BMJ, 2019
I agree with McLachlan that the World Health Organization’s surgical safety checklist can only improve outcomes for surgical patients when used systematically.1 So I was surprised and disappointed that …
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