Articles: checklist.
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Multicenter Study
Effect of a 19-item surgical safety checklist during urgent operations in a global patient population.
To assess whether implementation of a 19-item World Health Organization (WHO) Surgical Safety Checklist in urgent surgical cases would improve compliance with basic standards of care and reduce rates of deaths and complications. ⋯ Implementation of the checklist was associated with a greater than one-third reduction in complications among adult patients undergoing urgent noncardiac surgery in a diverse group of hospitals. Use of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist in urgent operations is feasible and should be considered.
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Multicenter Study
Predictors of successful implementation of preoperative briefings and postoperative debriefings after medical team training.
The purpose of this study was to examine which factors at a medical team training learning session predict future success in the implementation of preoperative briefings and postoperative debriefings at health care facilities. ⋯ Full implementation of the patient safety tool preoperative briefings and postoperative debriefings is dependent on facility leadership support.