Over half and sometimes almost 100% of the surgical complications can be prevented by following simple rules. The release of ‘ WHO Surgical Safety Checklist’ has for the first time provided ...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) has developed a comprehensive surgical checklist to help reduce the number of wrong-site surgeries and other ...

A large-scale review of surgical safety checklist use, published in the June issue of Anesthesiology, found patients experience fewer complications after surgery if a checklist is used by the surgical ...

The success of a surgical checklist, designed to be a simple and inexpensive way to cut post-operative infection rates and save patient lives, may depend on a number of factors, including leadership ...

Patients experience fewer postoperative complications when a surgical safety checklist is used by their surgical team, reports the first large-scale review on the subject. By following a simple ...

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Patient Safety Committee provides free, downloadable pre- and post-operative ambulatory surgery patient safety checklists. While the two, one-page ...

Surgery checklists save lives, a study released Monday found. Hospitals in South Carolina that completed a voluntary, statewide program to implement the World Health Organization's Surgical Safety ...

The University of Connecticut Health Center has made available perioperative nurse competency checklists. The checklists ensure registered nurses are competent in the areas of perioperative procedures ...

Implementation of the World Health Organization (WHO) Surgical Safety Checklist at surgical centers in England led to a 37.2% relative reduction (from 1.21 to 0.76) in inpatient postoperative ...

Background. Previous research suggests that the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist time-out reduces communication failures and medical complications and supports development of better ...

The checklist, created by the World Health Organization, prompts medical teams to discuss the surgical plan, risks and concerns. Use of the checklist apparently helped reduce post-operative deaths ...

Surgical safety checklists improve patient safety and even save lives. Yet anesthesiologists may be reluctant to use them in front of patients because they worry that doing so may increase patient ...