The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist

The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist


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The World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist establishes protocols designed to prevent the occasional, but recurring errors that have led to harm. The Safety Checklist applies from the time before induction of anesthesia, through just before skin incision and on to the time before the patient leaves the operating room.




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