Acceptance of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist among surgical personnel in hospitals in Guatemala city

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hurtado, Juan J Delgado ^a   Jiménez, Xavier ^a   Pẽalonzo, Marco A ^a   Villatoro, Claudia ^a   De Izquierdo, Sandra ^a   Cifuentes, Mánica ^b  

^a Universidad Francisco Marroquin   (Guatemala)

^b Hospital General San Juan de Dios Guatemala   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CITY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GUATEMALA; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHECKLIST; CITIES; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84866368777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-169     Document Type: Article

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