Checklists are for more than just busy days in an office or running errands--using them also helps doctors and nurses prevent emergencies in the operating room, a study published this week in the New ...

A specialist hospital trust has designed a pre-surgery checklist which aims to promote patient choice and accommodate people with beliefs. The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, which is the only ...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) has developed a comprehensive surgical checklist to help reduce the number of wrong-site surgeries and other ...

Senior Vice President of Clinical Services for Surgical Care Affiliates Linda Lansing and Vice President of Clinical Services Michelle George discuss safe surgery checklists for ambulatory surgery ...

Hospitals in South Carolina that completed a voluntary, statewide program to implement the World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist had a 22 percent reduction in post-surgical deaths. The ...

Given the evidence of how surgical checklists can reduce deaths and complications, it's a mystery why nearly 10% of hospitals still don't mandate their use and why another 12% can't say for certain ...

Darrell McDonald, being prepped for surgery last week at the University of Washington Medical Center, didn’t seem surprised to learn that his surgical team would be using a checklist to make sure they ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PHOENIX — Orthopedic trauma surgeons must work together to improve outcomes by implementing surgical checklists, ...

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital surgeons found a 49 percent reduction in wound infections among patients who underwent Whipple procedures with a surgical care checklist compared to patients ...

The rate of patient death after surgery in South Carolina hospitals decreased substantially in hospitals that implemented a checklist developed by the World Health Organization, according to a summary ...

Training surgical teams in communication and using a procedure checklist before, during, and after surgery may significantly decrease 30-day postoperative complications such as surgical site ...

Given the evidence of how surgical checklists can reduce deaths and complications, it's a mystery why nearly 10% of hospitals still don't mandate their use and why another 12% can't say for certain ...