Effects of the introduction of the WHO "surgical safety checklist" on in-hospital mortality: A cohort study

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-49

  Van Klei, W A ^a   Hoff, R G ^a   Van Aarnhem, E E H L ^a   Simmermacher, R K J ^a   Regli, L P E ^a   Kappen, T H ^a   Van Wolfswinkel, L ^a   Kalkman, C J ^a   Buhre, W F ^a   Peelen, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DENTAL SURGERY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGERY; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VASCULAR SURGERY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SURGICAL SAFETY CHECKLIST;

ADULT; AGED; CHECKLIST; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84155160701     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31823779ae     Document Type: Article

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