A Surgical Safety Checklist to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in a Global Population

B. Haynes, Alex; G. Weiser, Thomas; R. Berry, William; R. Lipsitz, Stuart; S. Breizat, Abdel-Hadi; Patchen Dellinger, E.; Herbosa, Teodoro; Joseph, Sudhir; Kibatala, Pascience; Carmela Lapitan, Marie; Merry, Alan; Moorthy, Krishna; K. Reznick, Richard; Taylor, Bryce; A. Gawande, Atul

doi:10.1056/nejmsa0810119

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A Surgical Safety Checklist to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in a Global Population

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jan 14, 2009

Authors:

Alex B. Haynes

Thomas G. Weiser

William R. Berry

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Surgery has become an integral part of global health care, with an estimated 234 million operations performed yearly. Surgical complications are common and often preventable. We hypothesized that a program to implement a 19-item surgical safety checklist designed to improve team communic...

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Medicine

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Health care

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