A recent study in Ontario, Canada, found surgical safety checklists may not be as effective in improving quality outcomes as previously believed, according to research published in New England Journal ...

Recent research published in the BMJ Quality and Safety reveals several challenges to completion of surgical checklists. For their study, researchers assessed compliance and completion rates of a ...

Every hospital in the state has committed to putting a surgical checklist into use in its operating rooms. To support this effort, the partnership — Safe Surgery 2015: South Carolina — provides ...

Answers were received from 64% (275/427) of staff, including 54% (91/169) of the surgeons, 59% (50/85) of the anaesthetists, 69% (68/98) of the operating room nurses, and 88% (66/75) of the nurse ...

The American Gastroenterological Association, American College of Gastroenterology and American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy have designed a gastroenterology safe surgery checklist for ...