Application of the WHO surgical safety checklist outside the operating theatre: medicine can learn from surgery.

Deborah L. Braham; Abigail L. Richardson; Iqbal S. Malik

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Application of the WHO surgical safety checklist outside the operating theatre: medicine can learn from surgery.

November 26, 2014

Braham DL, Richardson AL, Malik IS. Clin Med. 2014;14(5):468-474.

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The World Health Organization's surgical safety checklist has been widely implemented in surgical practice to prevent errors. This study provides an in-depth description of how the checklist was modified and applied in cardiac catheterization procedures, demonstrating the potential to adapt this safety intervention in other procedural areas.

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