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Checklists appear to reduce deaths after surgery, a large study finds
The Washington Post
Hospitals in South Carolina that completed a voluntary, statewide program to implement the World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist had a 22 percent reduction in post-surgical deaths. The study, set to publish in the August 2017 issue of Annals of Surgery, is one of the first to show a large-scale impact of the checklist on the general population.