Attitudes and compliance with the WHO surgical safety checklist: a survey among surgeons and operating room staff in 138 hospitals in China.

CONCLUSION: The WHO SSC remains a powerful tool for surgical patient safety in China. Cultural changes in nursing assertiveness and surgeon-led teamwork and checklist ownership are the key elements for improving compliance. Standardised audits are required to monitor and ensure checklist compliance. PMID: 33407718 [PubMed]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33407718?dopt=Abstract

Source: Patient Safety in Surgery - January 6, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Tan J, Ngwayi JRM, Ding Z, Zhou Y, Li M, Chen Y, Hu B, Liu J, Porter DE Tags: Patient Saf Surg Source Type: research