WHO's checklist for surgery: don't confine it to the operating room

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9644, 2008, Pages 1148-1149

  de Vries, EN ^a   Boermeester, MA ^a   Gouma, DJ ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LETTER; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOVERY ROOM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 52949126645     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61477-4     Document Type: Letter

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