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Evaluated implementation of a nineteen-item WHO surgical safety checklist in eight hospitals and reported lower observed rates of major complications and death after implementation.
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The record is the named-author 2009 before-and-after multicentre study. It was not randomized, cannot by itself isolate checklist effects from secular and implementation changes, and does not guarantee identical outcomes in every setting.
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Alex B. Haynes; Thomas G. Weiser; William R. Berry; Stuart R. Lipsitz; Abdel-Hadi S. Breizat; E. Patchen Dellinger; Teodoro Herbosa; Sudhir Joseph; Pascience L. Kibatala; Marie Carmela M. Lapitan; Alan F. Merry; Krishna Moorthy; Richard K. Reznick; Bryce Taylor; Atul A. Gawande
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Documented countries / regions: United States, Jordan, Philippines, India, Tanzania, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada
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Haynes and colleagues: a surgical safety checklist in a global population
Evaluated implementation of a nineteen-item WHO surgical safety checklist in eight hospitals and reported lower observed rates of major complications and death after implementation.
Scientific scope
The record is the named-author 2009 before-and-after multicentre study. It was not randomized, cannot by itself isolate checklist effects from secular and implementation changes, and does not guarantee identical outcomes in every setting.
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This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
Alex B. Haynes; Thomas G. Weiser; William R. Berry; Stuart R. Lipsitz; Abdel-Hadi S. Breizat; E. Patchen Dellinger; Teodoro Herbosa; Sudhir Joseph; Pascience L. Kibatala; Marie Carmela M. Lapitan; Alan F. Merry; Krishna Moorthy; Richard K. Reznick; Bryce Taylor; Atul A. Gawande
The named authors contributed to this scoped work; individual effort shares and later applications are not assigned by the byline.