PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - They are called hospital-based checklists. They can be used to make certain that important steps are not missed in patient care. They are very similar to checklists that are used ...

The use of the World Health Organization's Surgical Safety Checklist in the operating room considerably lowers the risks of surgery, according to a new study. The use of the World Health ...

Patient safety experts have developed checklists to address the most frequently occurring operating room crises and tested their effectiveness, according to an AORN report and an abstract of the study ...

Studies show a new checklist developed by the World Health Organization may reduce complications and death from surgery by as much as one-third. It is patterned after similar checklists used by ...

The following content is sponsored by Select International. The task can seem monumental: Improve patient outcomes. Improve patient safety. Improve the patient experience. Accomplish all of this while ...

Imagine a plane starts barreling down the runway and just before it’s about to take off, the flight crew stops what they’re doing, runs through a two-minute generic “airplane” checklist, and then ...

Boston – In an airplane crisis—an engine failure, a fire—pilots pull out a checklist to help with their decision-making. But in an operating room crisis—massive bleeding, a patient's heart ...

Ineffective communication among members of operating room teams can lead to medical error, so identifying the reasons for poor communication are vital, says a University of Toronto researcher. “The ...

A simple operating-room checklist, similar to the one pilots use in the cockpit before takeoff, has been credited with dramatically reducing complications and even saving lives - sparking calls for ...

The use of the World Health Organization's Surgical Safety Checklist in the operating room considerably lowers the risks of surgery. This is the conclusion of Axel Fudickar and co-authors in their ...