Surgery deaths drop dramatically after checklist: study
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 17:35
in Health & Medicine
A simple checklist, similar to the one pilots use before take off, helped to halve the rate of surgery-related deaths, an international team of doctors reported Wednesday.
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