Your life in WHOs hands: the World Health Organization surgical safety checklist: a critical review of the literature.

Jones, Susan 2011. Your life in WHOs hands: the World Health Organization surgical safety checklist: a critical review of the literature. Journal of Perioperative Practice 21 (8) , pp. 271-274.

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Abstract

Safe surgery is a world-wide recognised issue. The World Health Organization statistics show that the occurrence of major complications is between 3 and 16%, and the occurrence of disability and death is between 0.4 and 0.8% (WHO 2009). According to Vijayasekar and Steele (2009) 234 million major surgical procedures are undertaken globally each year. The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has collated over 1 million reports of surgical incidences in England and Wales between October 2006 and September 2007. Weiser et al (2008) quote a world-wide figure of 7 million individuals affected with a disabling complication, and a death rate of 1 million.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > RD Surgery
Publisher:	Association for Perioperative Practice
ISSN:	1750-4589
Related URLs:	Organisation
Last Modified:	12 Feb 2016 22:28
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/21826

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