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

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

in Biological and medical sciences / Epidemiology / General aspects / Hospitals / Humans / Medical sciences / Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) / Postoperative Complications - mortality / Postoperative Complications - prevention & control / Prospective Studies / Public health / Public health. Hygiene / Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine / Safety Management - methods / Safety Management - standards / Surgery / Surgical outcomes / Surgical Procedures, Operative - mortality / Surgical Procedures, Operative - standards

2009

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

Breizat, Abdel-Hadi S,

Gawande, Atul A,

Kibatala, Pascience L,

Lapitan, Marie Carmela M,

Joseph, Sudhir,

Taylor, Bryce,

Weiser, Thomas G,

Berry, William R,

Moorthy, Krishna,

Haynes, Alex B,

Herbosa, Teodoro,

Lipsitz, Stuart R,

Merry, Alan F,

Reznick, Richard K,

Dellinger, E. Patchen

2009

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In eight hospitals throughout the world, implementation of a 19-item surgical safety checklist was associated with improved outcomes. Use of the checklist may improve the safety of surgical procedures in hospitals in various economic circumstances. In eight hospitals throughout the world, implementation of a 19-item surgical safety checklist was associated with improved outcomes. Surgical care is an integral part of health care throughout the world, with an estimated 234 million operations performed annually. 1 This yearly volume now exceeds that of childbirth. 2 Surgery is performed in every community: wealthy and poor, rural and urban, and in all regions. The World Bank reported that in 2002, an estimated 164 million disability-adjusted life-years, representing 11% of the entire disease burden, were attributable to surgically treatable conditions. 3 Although surgical care can prevent loss of life or limb, it is also associated with a considerable risk of complications and death. The risk of complications is poorly characterized in . . .

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Massachusetts Medical Society

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Biological and medical sciences

/ Humans

/ Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)