A surgical safety checklist developed by the WHO to facilitate communication and safety checks was associated with reduced surgical mortality in a before-and-after study at eight hospitals. Now, a ...

Chicago (December 5, 2012): As the nation grapples with surging health care costs, researchers at the University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, and Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center ...

A recent study in Ontario, Canada, found surgical safety checklists may not be as effective in improving quality outcomes as previously believed, according to research published in New England Journal ...

Task: The rescue team shall complete all skills that are on the operations-level skills checklist Training officers, rescue crew chiefs and instructors who are preparing for a vehicle rescue session ...