Skip to main content
Key Specialties
Cardiology Diabetology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Geriatrics and Gerontology Gynecology and Obstetrics Hematology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Oncology Pediatrics Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology Surgery
Congress Coverage
2024 ACC Congress 2023 ESMO Congress 2023 EASD Congress 2023 ERS Congress 2023 ESC Congress
Clinical Collections
Advances in Alzheimer’s

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.
ADVANCED SEARCH
Log in
Top
Patient Safety in Surgery
Footnotes
1
Quote adapted from Peter F. Drucker (1909–2005)
 
Literature
1.
Stahel PF, Sabel AL, Victoroff MS, Varnell J, Lembitz A, Boyle DJ, Clarke TJ, Smith WR, Mehler PS. Wrong-site and Wrong-patient procedures in the universal protocol era: analysis of a prospective database of physician self-reported occurrences. Arch Surg. 2010;145:978–84.CrossRefPubMed
2.
Stahel PF. Blood, sweat and tears – becoming a better surgeon. Shropshire: TFM Publishing; 2016. p. 320.
3.
4.
Surgical horror stories persist, study shows. The Denver Post, October 19, 2010.
5.
Biffl WL, Gallagher AW, Pieracci FM, Berumen C. Suboptimal compliance with surgical safety checklists in Colorado: A prospective observational study reveals differences between surgical specialties. Patient Saf Surg. 2015;9:5.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral
6.
Schäfli-Thurnherr J, Biegger A, Soll C, Melcher GA. Should nurses be allowed to perform the pre-operative surgical site marking instead of surgeons? A prospective feasibility study at a Swiss primary care teaching hospital. Patient Saf Surg. 2017;11.
7.
8.
Erestam S, Haglind E, Bock D, Andersson AE, Angenete E. Changes in safety climate and teamwork in the operating room after implementation of a revised WHO checklist: a prospective interventional study. Patient Saf Surg. 2017;11:4.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral
Metadata
Title
Surgeons, sign your site!
Author
Ted J. Clarke
Publication date
01-12-2017
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Patient Safety in Surgery / Issue 1/2017
Electronic ISSN: 1754-9493
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13037-017-0122-4

Other articles of this Issue 1/2017

Patient Safety in Surgery 1/2017 Go to the issue

Case report

Surgical retrieval of a swallowed denture in a schizophrenic patient: a case report

Case report

The role of pre-reduction MRI in the management of complex cervical spine fracture-dislocations: an ongoing controversy?

Research

Induction of immune gene expression and inflammatory mediator release by commonly used surgical suture materials: an experimental in vitro study

Research

A retrospective comparison of intraoperative CT and fluoroscopy evaluating radiation exposure in posterior spinal fusions for scoliosis

Research

Modified technique of transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for segmental correction of lumbar kyphosis: a safe alternative to osteotomies?

Research

Predisposing factors for recurrence of chronic posttraumatic osteomyelitis: a retrospective observational cohort study from a tertiary referral center in Brazil