Achieving flying colours in surgical safety: audit of World Health Organization ‘Surgical Safety Checklist’ compliance
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Achieving flying colours in surgical safety: audit of World Health Organization 'Surgical Safety Checklist' compliance.
OBJECTIVE The World Health Organization 'Surgical Safety Checklist' has been adopted by UK surgical units following National Patient Safety Agency guidance. Our aim was to assess compliance with our local version of this Checklist. METHODS Otolaryngology trainee doctors prospectively assessed compliance with the local Checklist over a six-week period. A staff educational intervention was impl...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Laryngology & Otology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0022-2151,1748-5460
DOI: 10.1017/s002221511200165x