Compliance with the WHO surgical safety checklist: Deviations and possible improvements

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 182-187

  Rydenfält, Christofer ^a   Johansson, Gerd ^a   Odenrick, Per ^a   Åkerman, Kristina ^b   Larsson, Per Anders ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HELSINGBORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Checklists; Communication; Patient safety; Quality improvement; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; DATA ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHECKLIST; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; OBSERVATION; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SWEDEN; VIDEO RECORDING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84875771605     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzt004     Document Type: Article

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