Study • Health · Healthcare Delivery
A Surgical Safety Checklist to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in a Global Population’.
Haynes et al (2009), ‘A Surgical Safety Checklist to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in a Global Population’, The New England Journal of Medicine.
Summary by Mark Egan
The Haynes paper examined checklists in eight hospitals in eight cities. They found the rate of death for patients undergoing surgey fell from 1.6% to 0.8% following the introduction of checklists. Inpatient complications also fell from 11% to 7%.
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TACTICS
Reduce Cognitive Load
TACTICS
Checklists
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