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Combine Surgery Checklists to Boost Patient Safety and Clinical Outcomes

Combining the World Health Organization's operating room checklist with a preoperative and postoperative checklist benefits patients, research indicates. Joint use of the World Health Organization ...
The Conversation

What African countries can do about ensuring safer surgery

Tools like the WHO checklist can lead to better surgical outcomes in countries with limited resources. Shutterstock The World Health Organisation (WHO) has come up with plans and tools to help ...
Medscape

Can a Surgical Safety Checklist Reduce Postoperative Complications?

Can a surgical safety checklist reduce postoperative complications? The authors performed a before/after study in 8 hospitals located in 8 countries. They collected morbidity and mortality data on ...
Fierce Healthcare

AORN Supports Patient Safety and Accreditation with Release of Comprehensive Surgical Checklist

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) has developed a comprehensive surgical checklist to help reduce the number of wrong-site surgeries and other ...