Implementing a pre-operative checklist to increase patient safety: A 1-year follow-up of personnel attitudes

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-182

  Nilsson, L ^a   Lindberget, O ^b   Gupta, A ^a,c   Vegfors, M ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b VRINNEVI HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SAFETY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; SWEDEN;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHECKLIST; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; NURSES' AIDES; OPERATING ROOM NURSING; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SWEDEN;

EID: 74549157133     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.02109.x     Document Type: Article

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