Background: Surgical perioperative deaths and major complications are important contributors to preventable morbidity, globally and in sub-Saharan Africa. The surgical safety checklist (SSC) was developed by WHO to reduce surgical deaths and complications, by utilising a team approach and a series of steps to ensure the safe transit of a patient through the surgical operation. This study explored barriers and enablers to the utilisation of the Checklist at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka, Zambia. Methods: A qualitative case study was conducted involving members of surgical teams (doctors, anaesthesia providers, nurses and support staff) from the UTH surgical departments. Purposive sampling was used and 16 in-depth interview...
Introduction: The surgical safety checklist of the World Health Organization (WHO) is a tool that ch...
BACKGROUND: The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist has a growing evidence base to support its role in imp...
Background: Surgery and anesthesia are essential parts of global healthcare. Surgical intervention h...
Background: Surgical perioperative deaths and major complications are important contributors to prev...
Background: Surgical perioperative deaths and major complications are important contributors to prev...
Background. The World Health Organization (WHO) has implemented the Surgical Safety Checklist (SSCL)...
Objective: Bold claims have been made for the ability of the WHO surgical checklist to reduce surgic...
Background: Despite an established WHO surgical safety checklist (SSCL) at the referral hospital in ...
OBJECTIVES:: To evaluate how the World Health Organization (WHO) surgical safety checklist was imple...
OBJECTIVE: Bold claims have been made for the ability of the WHO surgical checklist to reduce surgic...
OBJECTIVE: Bold claims have been made for the ability of the WHO surgical checklist to reduce surgic...
Background. The World Health Organization (WHO) has implemented the Surgical Safety Checklist (SSCL)...
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the perceptions of operating room staff towards the...
Introduction: The surgical safety checklist of the World Health Organization (WHO) is a tool that ch...
Background: The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist has a growing evidence base to support its role in imp...
Introduction: The surgical safety checklist of the World Health Organization (WHO) is a tool that ch...
BACKGROUND: The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist has a growing evidence base to support its role in imp...
Background: Surgery and anesthesia are essential parts of global healthcare. Surgical intervention h...
Background: Surgical perioperative deaths and major complications are important contributors to prev...
Background: Surgical perioperative deaths and major complications are important contributors to prev...
Background. The World Health Organization (WHO) has implemented the Surgical Safety Checklist (SSCL)...
Objective: Bold claims have been made for the ability of the WHO surgical checklist to reduce surgic...
Background: Despite an established WHO surgical safety checklist (SSCL) at the referral hospital in ...
OBJECTIVES:: To evaluate how the World Health Organization (WHO) surgical safety checklist was imple...
OBJECTIVE: Bold claims have been made for the ability of the WHO surgical checklist to reduce surgic...
OBJECTIVE: Bold claims have been made for the ability of the WHO surgical checklist to reduce surgic...
Background. The World Health Organization (WHO) has implemented the Surgical Safety Checklist (SSCL)...
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the perceptions of operating room staff towards the...
Introduction: The surgical safety checklist of the World Health Organization (WHO) is a tool that ch...
Background: The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist has a growing evidence base to support its role in imp...
Introduction: The surgical safety checklist of the World Health Organization (WHO) is a tool that ch...
BACKGROUND: The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist has a growing evidence base to support its role in imp...
Background: Surgery and anesthesia are essential parts of global healthcare. Surgical intervention h...