Preventing infections after a surgical procedure is important in any setting, but these complications can be particularly dangerous to surgical patients in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). To ...

Patients experience fewer postoperative complications when a surgical safety checklist is used by their surgical team, reports the first large-scale review on the subject. By following a simple ...

Can a surgical safety checklist reduce postoperative complications? The authors performed a before/after study in 8 hospitals located in 8 countries. They collected morbidity and mortality data on ...

(HealthDay)—Surgical checklists reduce postoperative complications but have no significant effect on mortality, according to a review published in the June issue of Anesthesiology. Brigid M. Gillespie ...

A voluntary checklist-based program significantly reduced deaths following inpatient surgery in a collaborative group of 14 hospitals in South Carolina. A study shows that 3 years after implementing ...

In the quest to reduce the incidences of morbidity and mortality associated with surgery, a number of initiatives are being explored. Could a simple checklist provide an effective means of improving ...

Sticks and stones may break your bones — but if you need surgery, the right words used in the operating room can be more powerful than many drugs. New research published today in the New England ...

Hospitals in eight cities around the globe demonstrated that the use of a simple surgical checklist during major operations can lower the incidence of deaths and complications by more than one third.

Surgical checklists have long been thought to increase patient safety by standardizing practices and improving adherence to protocol for proper procedure before, during and after operations. They may ...

(HealthDay News) — Surgical checklists reduce postoperative complications but have no significant effect on mortality, according to a review published in the June issue of Anesthesiology. Brigid M.