An overview of the use and implementation of checklists in surgical specialities - A systematic review

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1317-1323

  Patel, Janki ^a   Ahmed, Kamran ^a   Guru, Khurshid A ^b   Khan, Fahd ^a   Marsh, Howard ^c   Shamim Khan, Mohammed ^a   Dasgupta, Prokar ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MEDWAY MARITIME HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Checklist; Education; Patient outcomes; Patient safety; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBASE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PSYCINFO; SURGICAL SAFETY CHECKLIST 19; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; CHECKLIST; CHILD; FACTUAL DATABASE; OPERATING ROOM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLISHING; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CHECKLIST; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PUBLISHING; RISK; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84918824600     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.10.031     Document Type: Article

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