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Implementing a pre-operative checklist to increase patient safety: a 1-year follow-up of personnel attitudes
Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 09/08/09
Nilsson L et al. – The operating room is a complex work environment with a high potential for adverse events. Protocols for perioperative verification processes have increasingly been recommended by professional organizations during the last few years. Staff attitudes toward a surgical checklist were mostly positive 1 year after their introduction in two large hospitals in central Sweden.
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