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Safety checklist cuts risk of death after surgery in Scotland
BMJ 2019; 365 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l1826 (Published 17 April 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;365:l1826
- Bryan Christie
- Edinburgh
A simple safety checklist is being credited with reducing the risk of death after surgery in Scotland.
A study published in the British Journal of Surgery analysed the outcomes of 6.8 million operations carried out during 2000-14.1 It found a 36.6% relative reduction in mortality (95% confidence interval –55.2 to –17.9) after Scotland’s nationwide implementation of the World Health …
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