Surgical safety checklist compliance: A job done poorly!

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 217, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Sparks, Eric A ^a   Wehbe Janek, Hania ^a   Johnson, Rebecca L ^a   Smythe, W Roy ^a   Papaconstantinou, Harry T ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; DATA ANALYSIS; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; SURGICAL SAFETY CHECKLIST; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

EID: 84887489428     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.07.393     Document Type: Article

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