Perspectives in quality: designing the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist.

Thomas G Weiser; Alex B Haynes; Angela Lashoher; Gerald Dziekan; Daniel J Boorman; William R Berry; Atul A Gawande

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Perspectives in quality: designing the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist.

September 1, 2010

Weiser TG, Haynes AB, Lashoher A, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2010;22(5):365-70.

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This commentary describes how the WHO Patient Safety Surgical Checklist was created using lessons learned from aviation experience in checklist development.

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