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The surgical ward round checklist: improving patient safety and clinical documentation.
November 20, 2019
Krishnamohan N, Maitra I, Shetty VD. J Multidiscip Healthc. 2019;12:789-794.
This paper describes the implementation of a checklist to standardize performance and minimize errors within a general surgery unit. In the three months following implementation of a surgical ward round checklist; authors report reductions in prescription, antibiotic, fluid balance and patient observation chart errors.
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