As much of 75 percent of an operating room may not be sufficiently cleaned or disinfected. For example, the three best-cleaned items in an operating room — main door, main field light and telephone — ...

The use of the World Health Organization's Surgical Safety Checklist in the operating room considerably lowers the risks of surgery. This is the conclusion of Axel Fudickar and co-authors in their ...

A simple operating-room checklist, similar to the one pilots use in the cockpit before takeoff, has been credited with dramatically reducing complications and even saving lives - sparking calls for ...

1. The Association for periOperative Registered Nurses offers a customizable OR/procedure room checklist, which is free to download. 2. The CDC’s environmental checklist for monitoring terminal ...

The use of the World Health Organization's Surgical Safety Checklist in the operating room considerably lowers the risks of surgery, according to a new study. The use of the World Health ...