Compliance and quality in administration of a surgical safety checklist in a tertiary New Zealand hospital

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 1342, 2011, Pages 48-58

  Vogts, Nicole ^a   Hannam, Jacqueline A ^a   Merry, Alan F ^a,b   Mitchell, Simon J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NEW ZEALAND; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SAFETY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL SAFETY CHECKLIST; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 80052734857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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