The WHO surgical safety checklist - Junior doctors as agents for change

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 414-416

  Panesar, Sukhmeet S ^a   Carson Stevens, Andrew ^b   Fitzgerald, J Edward ^c   Emerton, Mark ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b Wales Centre for Health   (United Kingdom)

^c Italian Society of Surgical Oncology   (United Kingdom)

^d CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; EDITORIAL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEMORY; ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL TRAINING; TOOL USE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHECKLIST; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79960261676     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2010.06.004     Document Type: Editorial

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