Prevention of surgical malpractice claims by a surgical safety checklist.

Eefje N. de Vries; Manon P. Eikens-Jansen; Alice M. Hamersma; Susanne M. Smorenburg; Dirk J. Gouma; Marja A. Boermeester

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Prevention of surgical malpractice claims by a surgical safety checklist.

January 26, 2011

de Vries EN, Eikens-Jansen MP, Hamersma AM, et al. Ann Surg. 2011;253(3):624-8.

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This retrospective claims record review found that nearly one-third of all contributing factors may have been mitigated by using the SURPASS surgical checklist.

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