Compliance with a time-out procedure intended to prevent wrong surgery in hospitals: results of a national patient safety programme in the Netherlands

OBJECTIVE: To prevent wrong surgery, the WHO ‘Safe Surgery Checklist’ was introduced in 2008. The checklist comprises a time-out procedure (TOP): the final step before the start of the surgical procedure where the patient, surgical procedure and side/site are reviewed by the surgical team. The aim o...

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Autores principales: van Schoten, Steffie M, Kop, Veerle, de Blok, Carolien, Spreeuwenberg, Peter, Groenewegen, Peter P, Wagner, Cordula
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2014
Materias:
Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4091260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24993761
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005075

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4091260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24993761
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005075

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