Should Australian hospitals be required to implement the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist which has been shown to reduce post operative deaths and complications?
The UK National Patient Safety Agency has issued an alert requiring all healthcare organisations in England and Wales to implement the checklist (adapted for England and Wales) for every patient undergoing a surgical [...]
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