Frequency of use and knowledge of the WHO-surgical checklist in Swiss hospitals: A cross-sectional online survey

Patient Safety in Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mascherek, Anna C ^a   Schwappach, David L B ^a,b   Bezzola, Paula ^a  

^a Swiss Patient Safety Foundation   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dissemination of surgical checklist; Objective knowledge; Patient safety; Satisfaction; Self rated knowledge; Survey data

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL DOWNSIZING; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SURGICAL CHECKLIST; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84889073510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17549493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1754-9493-7-36     Document Type: Article

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