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Jul 2019
Make a List and Check it Twice
Such a simple idea – a surgery checklist – has proven to save lives. The Surgical Safety Checklist, a 19-item tool created by the World Health Organization (WHO), identifies what should happen before anesthesia, before an incision is made in the skin, and before a patient leaves the operating room. A byproduct of the WHO’s Second Global Safety Challenge entitled Safe Surgery Saves Lives, this…
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