Effectiveness of the surgical safety checklist in a high standard care environment

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 425-429

  Lübbeke, Anne ^a   Hovaguimian, Frederique ^a   Wickboldt, Nadine ^a   Barea, Christophe ^a   Clergue, François ^a   Hoffmeyer, Pierre ^a   Walder, Bernhard ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

mortality; perioperative time out; reoperation rate; surgical safety checklist; surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REOPERATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL SAFETY CHECKLIST; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SAFETY; PROPENSITY SCORE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84876252311     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31828d1489     Document Type: Article

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