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. 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