The use of the World Health Organization's Surgical Safety Checklist in the operating room considerably lowers the risks of surgery, according to a new study. The use of the World Health ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - They are called hospital-based checklists. They can be used to make certain that important steps are not missed in patient care. They are very similar to checklists that are used ...

A simple operating-room checklist, similar to the one pilots use in the cockpit before takeoff, has been credited with dramatically reducing complications and even saving lives - sparking calls for ...

In an airplane crisis—an engine failure, a fire—pilots pull out a checklist to help with their decision-making. But in an operating room crisis—massive bleeding, a patient's heart stops—surgical teams ...

Jan 17 (Reuters) - Having step-by-step checklists on hand may help doctors and nurses better manage emergencies in the operating room, according to a U.S. study. Those lists can save time and ...

Studies show a new checklist developed by the World Health Organization may reduce complications and death from surgery by as much as one-third. It is patterned after similar checklists used by ...

Ineffective communication among members of operating room teams can lead to medical error, so identifying the reasons for poor communication are vital, says a University of Toronto researcher. “The ...

Over the past decade, increasing attention has been paid to quality and risk management in medicine. Haynes et al., in a path-breaking study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2009, ...

The use of the World Health Organization's Surgical Safety Checklist in the operating room considerably lowers the risks of surgery. This is the conclusion of Axel Fudickar and co-authors in their ...