Implementation of a Surgical Safety Checklist and Postoperative Outcomes: a Prospective Randomized Controlled Study

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 935-942

  Chaudhary, Neeraj ^a   Varma, Vibha ^a   Kapoor, Sorabh ^a   Mehta, Naimish ^a   Kumaran, Vinay ^a   Nundy, Samiran ^a  

^a SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Postoperative outcomes; Randomized study; Surgical checklist

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CHECKLIST; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84939933793     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-015-2772-9     Document Type: Article

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