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Published in: Patient Safety in Surgery 1/2009

Open Access 01-12-2009 | Letter to the Editor

The WHO checklist: a global tool to prevent errors in surgery

Authors: Sukhmeet S Panesar, Kevin Cleary, Aziz Sheikh, Liam Donaldson

Published in: Patient Safety in Surgery | Issue 1/2009

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Abstract

In this article, we welcome the adoption of the WHO surgical checklist to prevent errors in surgical practice. We highlight the scale of the problem and discuss the adoption of this tool in the UK.
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Metadata
Title
The WHO checklist: a global tool to prevent errors in surgery
Authors
Sukhmeet S Panesar
Kevin Cleary
Aziz Sheikh
Liam Donaldson
Publication date
01-12-2009
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Patient Safety in Surgery / Issue 1/2009
Electronic ISSN: 1754-9493
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1754-9493-3-9

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