What Do We Know about the Safe Surgery Checklist Now?

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 261, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 829-830

  Haynes, Alex B ^a,b   Berry, William R ^b,c   Gawande, Atul A ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHECKLIST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84929940965     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001144     Document Type: Editorial

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