Effective surgical safety checklist implementation.

Dante M Conley; Sara J Singer; Lizabeth Edmondson; William R Berry; Atul A Gawande

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Effective surgical safety checklist implementation.

January 30, 2005

Conley DM, Singer SJ, Edmondson L, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2011;212(5):873-9.

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This qualitative study explores the challenges faced when implementing a surgical safety checklist.

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