Surgical safety checklists

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7688, 2009, Pages 186-187

  Soar, Jasmeet ^a   Peyton, James ^a   Leonard, Michael ^b   Pullyblank, Anne M ^a  

^a NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG MANUFACTURE; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INCISION; SKIN SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; SAFETY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 61849118076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b220     Document Type: Editorial

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