A 'paperless' wall-mounted surgical safety checklist with migrated leadership can improve compliance and team engagement

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 971-976

  Ong, Aaron Pin Chien ^a   Devcich, Daniel A ^a   Hannam, Jacqueline ^a   Lee, Tracey ^b   Merry, Alan F ^a,b   Mitchell, Simon J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Checklists; Compliance; Leadership; Patient safety; Safety culture

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; COLORECTAL SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY SURGERY; LEADERSHIP; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; SURGEON; SURGERY; SURGICAL SAFETY CHECKLIST; TEAM NURSING; TEAMWORK; TIME FACTOR; TIME OUT (HEALTHCARE); UROLOGIC SURGERY; VASCULAR SURGERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; STANDARDS;

CHECKLIST; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTERS AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 85002498913     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004545     Document Type: Article

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