Surgical checklist and reduction of infection-related and preventable complication-related reoperations

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 145-152

  Lepänluoma, Marjut ^a   Rahi, Melissa ^b   Takala, Riikka ^c   Löyttyniemi, Eliisa ^d   Ikonen, Tuija S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Department of Neurosurgery   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Infection; Reoperation; Surgical safety checklist; WHO

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC PATIENT RECORD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WOUND INFECTION; AGED; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGISTER; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84941743350     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.12.JNS141077     Document Type: Article

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