The success of surgical safety checklists depends on leaders’ ability to persuasively explain why and show how to implement the checklist, according to a study in the Journal of the American College ...

The rate of completion of a surgical safety checklist improved when a printed checklist was used as a memory tool, according to a study in BMJ Quality and Safety. Researchers studied the use of the ...

Surgical checklists are most effective when all members of the surgical team are required to identify themselves and participate in the checklist process, according to a study from researchers at ...

Results from investigations since the 1990s into medical errors spurred the World Health Organization in 2008 to release a checklist designed to limit surgical complications. In the new study, ...

Testing an important concept introduced by World Health Organisation (WHO), which has brought in a checklist to reduce avoidable complications during surgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) has ...