A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness, Compliance, and Critical Factors for Implementation of Safety Checklists in Surgery
Annals of SurgeryPublished 11 September 2012
Annegret Borchard, David Schwappach, Aline Barbir, Paula Bezzola
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Checklists are effective and economic tools that decrease mortality and morbidity in surgery and further research in particular relating to implementation is needed.
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Checklists are effective and economic tools that decrease mortality and morbidity. Compliance of surgical staff with checklists was good overall. Further research in particular relating to implementation is needed.
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