Surgical safety checklist is associated with improved operating room safety culture, reduced wound complications, and unplanned readmissions in a pilot study in neurosurgery

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 66-72

  Lepanluoma M ^a   Takala, R ^b   Kotkansalo, A ^b   Rahi, M ^b   Ikonen, Tuija S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Checklist; Communication; Complications; Neurosurgery; Operating room teamwork; Patient safety; WHO surgical safety checklist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHECKLIST; DOCUMENTATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHECKLIST; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84902668672     PISSN: 14574969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1457496913482255     Document Type: Article

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