WHO safe surgery checklist: Barriers to universal acceptance

Development of the Safe Surgery Checklist is an initiative taken by the World Health Organization (WHO) with an aim to reduce the complication rates during the surgical process. Despite gross reduction in the infection rate and morbidity following adoption of the checklist, many health-care provider...

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Autores principales: Jain, Divya, Sharma, Ridhima, Reddy, Seran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5885453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29643615
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/joacp.JOACP_307_16
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Sumario:Development of the Safe Surgery Checklist is an initiative taken by the World Health Organization (WHO) with an aim to reduce the complication rates during the surgical process. Despite gross reduction in the infection rate and morbidity following adoption of the checklist, many health-care providers are hesitant in implementing it in their everyday practice. In this article, we would like to highlight the hurdles in adoption of the WHO Surgical Checklist and measures that can be taken to overcome them.

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