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"Some version, most of the time": the surgical safety checklist, patient safety, and the everyday experience of practice variation.
January 19, 2022
Hammond Mobilio M, Paradis E, Moulton C-A. Am J Surg. 2022;223(6):1105-1111.
Surgical safety checklists (SSC) have been adopted around the world, but reported compliance rates and use in practice vary widely. This study in one Canadian hospital showed the SSC was used in 82% of Briefings, 76% of Time-Outs, and 22% of Debriefings. Gaps between policy and practice were identified and implications for policy makers, administrators, frontline clinicians, and researchers are discussed.
