A surgical safety checklist for Australia and New Zealand

The World Health Organization (WHO) established a “Safe Surgery Saves Lives Study Group” that developed a surgical safety checklist intended to be globally applicable. WHO expected the checklist to be adapted for use in particular environments and this has been done in Australia and New Zealand resulting in an improved checklist for our countries. Hospitals in Australia and New Zealand have had checklists for many years but they have not necessarily been the most appropriate nor used reliably or consistently.

Read the full article here and download the checklist.