ATLANTA – Scrawl on the patient with a permanent marker to show where the surgeon should cut. Ask the person's name to make sure you have the right patient. Count sponges to make sure you didn't leave ...

CHICAGO – Which hip is being repaired? Is this the right anesthesia? Do we have all the right surgery tools? Answering such basic questions from surgery checklists — and involving everyone as a team, ...

A 29-item checklist dramatically increased the frequency with which providers in an Indian hospital took simple steps to protect the health of women in childbirth and their babies, such as washing ...

The rate of completion of a surgical safety checklist improved when a printed checklist was used as a memory tool, according to a study in BMJ Quality and Safety. Researchers studied the use of the ...

ATLANTA -- Scrawl on the patient with a permanent marker to show where the surgeon should cut. Ask the person's name to make sure you have the right patient. Count sponges to make sure you didn't ...

(Reuters) - A surgical checklist, similar to what pilots use before every flight, can lower patient death rates -- though the drop was smaller than past research has found, a Netherlands study said.

A digital procedural checklist can help physicians in trauma centers improve performance without becoming cumbersome, according to new research. Researchers from Philadelphia-based Drexel University ...