Research published in the Journal of the American College of Surgery shows a standardized checklist can prevent missteps in patient care and improve safety, according to an Agency for Healthcare ...

The University of Washington is the first U.S. site involved in a global pilot program to test a surgical checklist aimed at improving patient safety in the operating room. The program launched ...

Combining the World Health Organization's operating room checklist with a preoperative and postoperative checklist benefits patients, research indicates. Joint use of the World Health Organization ...

Hospitals are improving patient safety with structured checklists that guide care from admission through discharge. These tools standardize critical steps, cut down on errors, and improve coordination ...

Postoperative patients are strongly in support of surgical safety checklists, according to survey results published in BMJ Quality & Safety. Postoperative patients were sampled from surgical wards at ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published an infection prevention checklist for outpatient settings. The checklist, “Infection Prevention Checklist for Outpatient Settings: Minimum ...

A picture taken on January 12, 2012 in Boissy-l’Aillerie, northern Paris, shows a technician presenting a silicone breast implant produced by French implant manufacturer, Sebbin laboratories. Around ...