The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist is a short operating-room pause to confirm the patient, procedure, risks and equipment before harm happens.

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Why it matters

The idea in context

In a 2009 study across hospitals, a checklist program was associated with deaths falling from 1.5% to 0.8% and inpatient complications from 11.0% to 7.0%. Its power is not complexity but shared attention: make the obvious explicit before the irreversible begins.

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WHO Cerrahi Güvenlik Kontrol Listesi, ameliyathanede hastayı, işlemi, riskleri ve gerekli hazırlıkları zarar oluşmadan önce doğrulatan kısa ama kritik bir duraktır.

2009’da yayımlanan çok merkezli bir çalışmada, kontrol listesi uygulamasından sonra ölüm oranı %1,5’ten %0,8’e, yatarak tedavi gerektiren komplikasyon oranı ise %11,0’dan %7,0’a düştü. Gücü karmaşıklığında değil, ortak dikkati toplamasındadır: Geri dönüşü zor bir işe başlamadan önce apaçık olanı yüksek sesle doğrulamak.

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WHO Surgical Safety Checklist implementation manual defines the checklist's purpose as reinforcing accepted safety practices and improving communication and teamwork; a 2009 New England Journal of Medicine study associated checklist implementation with deaths declining from 1.5% to 0.8% and inpatient complications from 11.0% to 7.0%. Sources: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241598590 ; https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa0810119

Background reading: WHO Surgical Safety ChecklistAttribution and context are revised when stronger evidence appears. Corrections are welcome through the editorial page.
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