Checklists are for more than just busy days in an office or running errands--using them also helps doctors and nurses prevent emergencies in the operating room, a study published this week in the New ...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) has developed a comprehensive surgical checklist to help reduce the number of wrong-site surgeries and other ...

A specialist hospital trust has designed a pre-surgery checklist which aims to promote patient choice and accommodate people with beliefs. The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, which is the only ...

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 ...

Given the evidence of how surgical checklists can reduce deaths and complications, it's a mystery why nearly 10% of hospitals still don't mandate their use and why another 12% can't say for certain ...

Senior Vice President of Clinical Services for Surgical Care Affiliates Linda Lansing and Vice President of Clinical Services Michelle George discuss safe surgery checklists for ambulatory surgery ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PHOENIX — Orthopedic trauma surgeons must work together to improve outcomes by implementing surgical checklists, ...

The implementation of surgical safety checklists (SSCs) at a tertiary care hospital was associated with a reduced risk of death within 90 days after surgery, but not within 30 days, according to a ...

The rate of patient death after surgery in South Carolina hospitals decreased substantially in hospitals that implemented a checklist developed by the World Health Organization, according to a summary ...

Training surgical teams in communication and using a procedure checklist before, during, and after surgery may significantly decrease 30-day postoperative complications such as surgical site ...

Pilots use a detailed pre-flight checklist before taking passengers’ lives into their hands. So why shouldn’t operating room surgeons and nurses be subjected to the same rigorous preparation? That’s ...

The AORN Center of Excellence in Surgical Safety: ERAS designation signifies that a facility has successfully completed ...