Surgical Safety Checklist Drops Deaths And Complications By More Than A Third

Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 22:28 in Health & Medicine

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. Inpatient deaths fell by more than 40 percent.

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