Loading...
Nearly two thirds of in-hospital adverse events occur among surgical patients. Implementing checklists, a successful strategy adapted from the airline industry, into patient care lowers risk in hospitalized patients and promotes adherence to clinical practices that prevent complications. In 2009, the World Health Organization introduced a surgical safety checklist, which standardized operating-room processes and led to lower complication rates, better patient outcomes, and lower costs in eight international hospitals (JW Gen Med Feb 3 2009).
In this controlled multicenter quality-improvement study, the Surgical Patient Safety System (SURPASS) Collaborative Group evaluated the effect of a validated comprehensive SURPASS checklist (addressing …