Relevance of World Health Organization surgical safety checklist to trauma and orthopaedic surgery

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 574-581

  Munigangaiah, Sudarshan ^a   SAyAnA, Murali K ^a   LEnEHAn, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ortho paedic surgery; Safety checklist; Surgical complications; Trauma surgery; WHO checklist; Wrong site surgery

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL ERROR; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; REVIEW; SAFETY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHECKLIST; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SAFETY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84869123493     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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