Introduction of surgical safety checklists in Ontario, Canada

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1029-1038

  Urbach, David R ^a,b,c,d   Govindarajan, Anand ^a,b,e   Saskin, Refik ^a   Wilton, Andrew S ^a   Baxter, Nancy N ^a,b,c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION STUDY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL SAFETY CHECKLIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84896785932     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1308261     Document Type: Article

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