A systematic review of the effectiveness, compliance, and critical factors for implementation of safety checklists in surgery

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 256, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 925-933

  Borchard, Annegret ^a   Schwappach, David L B ^a,b   Barbir, Aline ^c   Bezzola, Paula ^a  

^a Swiss Patient Safety Foundation   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

compliance; critical factors and attitudes; effectiveness; Surgical surgical safety checklist

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; EMBASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK;

CHECKLIST; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY;

EID: 84870062881     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182682f27     Document Type: Review

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