A Comparative Effectiveness Analysis of the Implementation of Surgical Safety Checklists in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Author(s) -
Matthias Böck,
Antonio Fanolla,
Isabelle Segur-Cabanac,
Franco Auricchio,
Carla Melani,
Flavio Girardi,
Horand Meier,
Armin Pycha
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.5490
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , retrospective cohort study , incidence (geometry) , mortality rate , emergency medicine , general surgery , surgery , optics , physics
The appropriately coached implementation of surgical safety checklists (SSCs) reduces the incidence of perioperative complications and 30-day mortality of patients undergoing surgery. The association of the introduction of SSCs with 90-day mortality remains unclear.
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