Surgical checklists: a systematic review of impacts and implementation

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Surgical checklists represent a relatively simple and promising strategy for addressing surgical patient safety worldwide. Further studies are needed to evaluate to what degree checklists improve clinical outcomes and whether improvements may be more pronounced in particular settings.

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Clinical practice guidelines implementation Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Patient Safety and Medication Errors

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Published in: BMJ Quality & Safety

Volume 23, Issue 4, pp. 299-318

DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001797

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Surgical checklists: a systematic review of impacts and implementation

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