Effects on Clinical Outcomes of a 5-Year Surgical Safety Checklist Implementation Experience: A Large-scale Population-Based Difference-in-Differences Study

• Main Authors: Stefania Rodella (Author), Sabine Mall (Author), Massimiliano Marino (Author), Graziella Turci (Author), Giorgio Gambale (Author), Maria Teresa Montella (Author), Stefano Bonilauri (Author), Roberta Gelmini (Author), Piera Zuin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The adoption of a surgical checklist is strongly recommended worldwide as an effective practice to improve patient safety; however, several studies have reported mixed results and a number of issues are still unresolved. The main objective of this study was to explore the impact of the first 5-year...