Use of the surgical safety checklist to improve communication and reduce complications
Summary: Existing evidence suggests that communication failures are common in the operating room, and that they lead to increased complications, including infections. Use of a surgical safety checklist may prevent communication failures and reduce complications. Initial data from the World Health Or...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of Infection and Public Health |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034115000076 |