WHO Surgical Safety Checklist

The WHO – World Health Organization – Surgical Safety Checklist is a tool designed to improve the safety of surgical procedures by bringing together the whole operating team (surgeons, anaesthesia providers and nurses) to perform key safety checks during vital phases of perioperative care:

Sign-In

Prior to the induction of anesthesia

Time-Out

Prior to skin incision

Sign-Out

Before the team leaves the operating room

Introducing the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist into operating theaters in eight different hospitals was associated with marked improvements in surgical outcomes. Postoperative complication rate fell by 36% on average, and death rates were reduced to a similar degree. The overall rates of surgical-site infections and unplanned reoperation also declined significantly.

Haynes AB, Weiser TG, Berry WR, et al. A surgical safety checklist to reduce morbidity and mortality in a global population. N Engl J Med. 2009; 360:491-499

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