Commentary Is WHO's surgical safety checklist being hyped? Citation Text: Urbach DR, Dimick JB, Haynes AB, et al. Is WHO's surgical safety checklist being hyped? BMJ. 2019;366:l4700. doi:10.1136/bmj.l4700. Copy Citation Format: DOIGoogle ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL August 21, 2019 Urbach DR, Dimick JB, Haynes AB, et al. BMJ. 2019;366:l4700. View more articles from the same authors. Checklists are a popular yet controversial strategy for improving the safety of frontline care. The authors in this commentary debate the weaknesses and strengths of checklists through a discussion of the evidence. Free full text PubMed citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Urbach DR, Dimick JB, Haynes AB, et al. Is WHO's surgical safety checklist being hyped? BMJ. 2019;366:l4700. doi:10.1136/bmj.l4700. Copy Citation Format: DOIGoogle ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Mortality trends after a voluntary checklist-based surgical safety collaborative. May 3, 2017 Perception of safety of surgical practice among operating room personnel from survey data is associated with all-cause 30-day postoperative death rate in South Carolina. August 16, 2017 Multisource evaluation of surgeon behavior is associated with malpractice claims. April 11, 2018 Implementation of the surgical safety checklist in South Carolina hospitals is associated with improvement in perceived perioperative safety. May 11, 2016 Scaling safety: the South Carolina Surgical Safety Checklist experience. January 9, 2019 Effect of a 19-item surgical safety checklist during urgent operations in a global patient population. June 2, 2010 Sustainability and long-term effectiveness of the WHO surgical safety checklist combined with pulse oximetry in a resource-limited setting: two-year update from Moldova. April 8, 2015 Perspectives in quality: designing the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist. September 1, 2010 A surgical safety checklist to reduce morbidity and mortality in a global population. January 21, 2009 Communication practices on 4 Harvard surgical services: a surgical safety collaborative. November 11, 2009 View More Related Resources Developing the Safer Dx Checklist of Ten Safety Recommendations for Health Care Organizations to address diagnostic errors. October 12, 2022 "Some version, most of the time": the surgical safety checklist, patient safety, and the everyday experience of practice variation. January 19, 2022 Recommendations from a national panel on quality improvement in obstetrics. April 24, 2019 Impact and culture change after the implementation of a preprocedural checklist in an interventional radiology department. October 7, 2015 Oral chemotherapy: not just an ordinary pill. September 9, 2015 Effectiveness of interventions to improve patient handover in surgery: a systematic review. June 17, 2015 Surgical safety checklist: implementation in an ambulatory surgical facility. May 1, 2013 Checklists and guidelines: imaging techniques for visualizing what to do. July 21, 2010 Safe Surgery Saves Lives. April 15, 2009 Transfer of accountability: transforming shift handover to enhance patient safety. November 22, 2006 View More See More About The Topic Health Care Providers Health Care Executives and Administrators Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events Checklists
Perception of safety of surgical practice among operating room personnel from survey data is associated with all-cause 30-day postoperative death rate in South Carolina. August 16, 2017
Implementation of the surgical safety checklist in South Carolina hospitals is associated with improvement in perceived perioperative safety. May 11, 2016
Effect of a 19-item surgical safety checklist during urgent operations in a global patient population. June 2, 2010
Sustainability and long-term effectiveness of the WHO surgical safety checklist combined with pulse oximetry in a resource-limited setting: two-year update from Moldova. April 8, 2015
A surgical safety checklist to reduce morbidity and mortality in a global population. January 21, 2009
Communication practices on 4 Harvard surgical services: a surgical safety collaborative. November 11, 2009
Developing the Safer Dx Checklist of Ten Safety Recommendations for Health Care Organizations to address diagnostic errors. October 12, 2022
"Some version, most of the time": the surgical safety checklist, patient safety, and the everyday experience of practice variation. January 19, 2022
Impact and culture change after the implementation of a preprocedural checklist in an interventional radiology department. October 7, 2015
Effectiveness of interventions to improve patient handover in surgery: a systematic review. June 17, 2015