Purpose Communication failures are often at the root of adverse events for surgical patients;
however, evidence to inform best communication practice in the operating room is relatively …

Patient safety is an activity to mitigate preventable patient harm that may occur during the
delivery of medical care. The European Board of Anaesthesiology (EBA)/European Union of …

Background The aim of this study was to identify what parts of the World Health Organization
Surgical Safety Checklist (WHO SSC) are working, what can be done to make it more …

Purpose To determine the attitudes of nurses working in surgical units toward patient safety.
Design A descriptive and cross-sectional study. Methods The sample in this study was 207 …

BACKGROUND Systematic reviews of non‐randomized controlled trials (RCTs) suggest that
using a checklist results in fewer medical errors and adverse events, but these evaluations …

Objective: To determine the opinions of operating room nurses towards the Surgical Safety
Checklist TR (SSC TR) and to determine applications for using SSC TR in operating rooms …

Background The surgical safety checklist is an evidence-based global initiative designed to
reduce perioperative morbidity and mortality. However, the expounded benefits of the …

Background: The World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist is an effective tool to
reduce morbidity, mortality, perioperative complications, and hospital length of stay …

Background Perioperative mortality rate is regarded as a credible quality and safety
indicator of perioperative care, but its documentation in low-and middle-income countries is …

Background For over a decade, the preoperative timeout procedure has been implemented
in most paediatric surgery units. However, the impact of this intervention has not been …