Surgical safety checklists are an effective means for reducing surgical morbidity and mortality, but have we gone far enough in team-building and leadership to create high reliability?

Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 235-236

  Calland, James Forrest ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORBIDITY; NOTE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RELIABILITY; RISK REDUCTION; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL SAFETY CHECKLIST; TEAM BUILDING;

CHECKLIST; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY;

EID: 84891946225     PISSN: 13565524     EISSN: 14736810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/eb-2012-101210     Document Type: Note

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