The WHO surgical safety checklist: survey of patients' views

Conclusions
It is feasible and instructive to capture patients’ views of the delivery of safety improvements like the checklist. We have demonstrated strong support for the checklist in a sample of surgical patients, presenting a challenge to those resistant to its use.

Source: Quality and Safety in Health Care - October 14, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Russ, S. J., Rout, S., Caris, J., Moorthy, K., Mayer, E., Darzi, A., Sevdalis, N., Vincent, C. Tags: Open access Original research Source Type: research