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WHO safe surgery checklist: Barriers to universal acceptance.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Interventions for the Prevention of Retained Surgical Items: A Systematic Review.World journal of surgery · 2022Pooled it
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- A novel pre-abdominal closure checklist in colorectal surgery serves as a critical defensive barrier against human errors.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2026Article
- Patient safety culture in the operating room of African hospitals: a systematic review.Patient safety in surgery · 2026Review
- Phased implementation of surgical safety care bundle in a multispecialty, tertiary care teaching hospital: a quality improvement project.BMJ open quality · 2026Article
- Managerial Challenges in the Clinical Use of Checklists: Proven Benefits, Yet Untapped Potential?Journal of healthcare leadership · 2026Article
- Protocol for implementation of intraoperative adverse event recording during WHO checklist sign-out.BMJ open quality · 2025Article
- The surgical time-out: the relationship between perceptions of a safety-task anchor and surgical team workflow.BMC surgery · 2025Article
- Transforming surgical care and safety: dissecting the impact of checklists in the global south.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Review
- The Role of WHO Surgical Checklists in Reducing Postoperative Adverse Outcomes: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2024Review
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- Does the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist Need Modification for Orthopaedic Surgery Practices? A Cross-Sectional Survey Among Indian Orthopaedic Surgeons.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2024Article
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- Frequency and influential factors on occurrence of medical errors: A three-year cross-sectional study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2023Article
- The use of the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist in operating theatres.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2023Article
- Mortality audit in general surgery unit and lessons learned at a Nigerian tertiary hospital: a single centre observational study.The Pan African medical journal · 2022Observational
- Urgent need to take action on reducing postoperative respiratory complications.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2021Article
- Functional barriers to acceptance of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist are just myths!Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacologyArticle
- Surgical Safety Checklist: Is all good?Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacologyArticle
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Abstract
Development of the Safe Surgery Checklist is an initiative taken by the World Health Organization (WHO) with an aim to reduce the complication rates during the surgical process. Despite gross reduction in the infection rate and morbidity following adoption of the checklist, many health-care providers are hesitant in implementing it in their everyday practice. In this article, we would like to highlight the hurdles in adoption of the WHO Surgical Checklist and measures that can be taken to overcome them.
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