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Mortality trends after a voluntary checklist-based surgical safety collaborative. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Mortality trends after a voluntary checklist-based surgical safety collaborative. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network



South Carolina collaborative finds surgical checklists and other improvements led to fewer complications.Ann Surg. 2017 Apr 6; [Epub ahead of print].

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Mortality trends after a voluntary checklist-based surgical safety collaborative.



    Checklists have been shown to reduce surgical morbidity and mortality in randomized trials, but results of implementation in clinical settings have been mixed. This study reports on a voluntary, statewide collaborative program to implement a surgical safety checklist in South Carolina hospitals. Participating sites undertook a multifaceted process to support checklist implementation and culture change. Cross-institutional educational activities were available to all hospitals in the collaborative. Investigators determined that rates of surgical complications declined significantly in hospitals involved in the collaborative compared with those that did not participate, which had no change in postsurgical mortality over the same time frame. Past PSNet interviews with Lucian Leape and David Urbach discussed their perspectives on surgical safety checklists.






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