Effect of surgical safety checklist implementation on the occurrence of postoperative complications in orthopedic patients

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 20-25

  Boaz, Mona ^a,b   Bermant, Alexander ^a   Ezri, Tiberiu ^a,c,d   Lakstein, Dror ^a,b   Berlovitz, Yitzhak ^a   Laniado, Iris ^a   Feldbrin, Zeev ^a,b  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d OUTCOMES RESEARCH CONSORTIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Checklist; Complications; Postoperative fever; Safe surgery; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHECKLIST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84893143589     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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