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Surgical checklists: A detailed review of their emergence, development, and relevance to neurosurgical practice
In the fall of 1999, the Institute of Medicine released “To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System,” a sobering report on the safety of the American healthcare industry. This work and others like it have ushered in an era where the science of quality assurance has quickly become an integral fa...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3279961/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22347672 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.92163 |
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description | In the fall of 1999, the Institute of Medicine released “To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System,” a sobering report on the safety of the American healthcare industry. This work and others like it have ushered in an era where the science of quality assurance has quickly become an integral facet of the practice of medicine. One critical component of this new era is the development, application, and refinement of checklists. In a few short years, the checklist has evolved from being perceived as an assault on the practitioner’ integrity to being welcomed as an important tool in reducing complications and preventing medical errors. In an effort to further expand the neurosurgical community's acceptance of surgical checklists, we review the rationale behind checklists, discuss the history of medical and surgical checklists, and remark upon the future of checklists within our field. |
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spelling | pubmed-32799612012-02-16 Surgical checklists: A detailed review of their emergence, development, and relevance to neurosurgical practice McConnell, Douglas J. Fargen, Kyle M. Mocco, J Surg Neurol Int Review Article In the fall of 1999, the Institute of Medicine released “To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System,” a sobering report on the safety of the American healthcare industry. This work and others like it have ushered in an era where the science of quality assurance has quickly become an integral facet of the practice of medicine. One critical component of this new era is the development, application, and refinement of checklists. In a few short years, the checklist has evolved from being perceived as an assault on the practitioner’ integrity to being welcomed as an important tool in reducing complications and preventing medical errors. In an effort to further expand the neurosurgical community's acceptance of surgical checklists, we review the rationale behind checklists, discuss the history of medical and surgical checklists, and remark upon the future of checklists within our field. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012-01-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3279961/ /pubmed/22347672 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.92163 Text en Copyright: © 2012 McConnell DJ. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article McConnell, Douglas J. Fargen, Kyle M. Mocco, J Surgical checklists: A detailed review of their emergence, development, and relevance to neurosurgical practice |
title | Surgical checklists: A detailed review of their emergence, development, and relevance to neurosurgical practice |
title_full | Surgical checklists: A detailed review of their emergence, development, and relevance to neurosurgical practice |
title_fullStr | Surgical checklists: A detailed review of their emergence, development, and relevance to neurosurgical practice |
title_full_unstemmed | Surgical checklists: A detailed review of their emergence, development, and relevance to neurosurgical practice |
title_short | Surgical checklists: A detailed review of their emergence, development, and relevance to neurosurgical practice |
title_sort | surgical checklists: a detailed review of their emergence, development, and relevance to neurosurgical practice |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3279961/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22347672 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.92163 |
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