Surgical Checklists & Safety

A topic within Surgery, itself one of 12 topics in that field and part of Medicine & Health.

Reading on Surgical Checklists & Safety

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Report2009

WHO Guidelines for Safe Surgery 2009: Safe Surgery Saves Lives

World Health Organization

Sets out the ten objectives a safe operation must meet and the checklist built to enforce them across any operating theatre in the world.

link checked 17 Sept 2026

Medicine & Health · Surgery

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Paper2009

A Surgical Safety Checklist to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in a Global Population

Alex B. Haynes et al.

Shows across eight hospitals worldwide that a simple pre-, during- and post-operative checklist cut surgical deaths and complications by roughly a third.

link checked 17 Sept 2026

Medicine & Health · Surgery

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