Application of the WHO surgical safety checklist outside the operating theatre: medicine can learn from surgery
Deborah L Braham, Abigail L Richardson and Iqbal S Malik
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.14-5-468
Clin Med October 2014 Deborah L Braham
AHammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK
Roles: consultant in anaesthesia and cardiothoracic intensive care unit
Abigail L Richardson
BHammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK
Roles: ST6 in anaesthesia
Iqbal S Malik
CHammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK
Roles: director of cardiac catheter laboratories
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vol. 14 no. 5 468-474
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- Published online October 9, 2014.
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- Deborah L Braham, consultant in anaesthesia and cardiothoracic intensive care unitA⇑,
- Abigail L Richardson, ST6 in anaesthesiaB and
- Iqbal S Malik, director of cardiac catheter laboratoriesC
- AHammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK
- BHammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK
- CHammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK
- Address for correspondence: Dr DL Braham, Department of Anaesthesia, 5th Floor Hammersmith House, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, UK. Email: Deborah.Braham{at}imperial.nhs.uk
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Application of the WHO surgical safety checklist outside the operating theatre: medicine can learn from surgery
Deborah L Braham, Abigail L Richardson, Iqbal S Malik
Clinical Medicine Oct 2014, 14 (5) 468-474; DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-5-468
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- Safety checklists in medicine
- Development of the WHO surgical safety checklist
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- Use of patient-safety checklists by medical specialists
- Would the WHO checklist have prevented previous medical disasters?
- When should the WHO surgical safety checklist apply?
- Our experience of modifying the WHO checklist
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