Surgical safety checklists in developing countries

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2-6

  Vivekanantham, Sayinthen ^a   Ravindran, Rahul Prashanth ^a   Shanmugarajah, Kumaran ^b   Maruthappu, Mahiben ^b   Shalhoub, Joseph ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Checklists; Developing countries; Safety; Surgery; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CHECKLIST; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK;

CHECKLISTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; SAFETY; SURGERY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHECKLIST; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84891743172     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2013.10.016     Document Type: Review

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