Implementation of the surgical safety checklist in Switzerland and perceptions of its benefits: Cross-sectional survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Cullati, Stéphane ^a   Licker, Marc Joseph ^a   Francis, Patricia ^a   Degiorgi, Adriana ^b   Bezzola, Paula ^c   Courvoisier, Delphine S ^a   Chopard, Pierre ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Quality of Care Unit Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale   (Switzerland)

^c Swiss Patient Safety Foundation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; SURGICAL SAFETY CHECKLIST; SWITZERLAND; TEAMWORK; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANESTHESIA; EXPERT WITNESS; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; CHECKLIST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGEONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904512146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101915     Document Type: Article

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