Compliance does not mean quality: an in-depth analysis of the safe surgery checklist at a tertiary care health facility

Am J Med Qual. 2015 Mar-Apr;30(2):191. doi: 10.1177/1062860614567830. Epub 2015 Jan 13.

Authors

Tahrin Mahmood¹, Faizal Haji¹, Rita Damignani², Darius Bagli², Adam Dubrowski³, Julian Manzone¹, Judy Truong¹, Robert Martin⁴, Maria Mylopoulos⁵

Affiliations

¹ University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Memorial University, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
⁴ University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
⁵ University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada maria.mylopoulos@utoronto.ca.

PMID: 25586102
DOI: 10.1177/1062860614567830

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Checklist*
Humans
Patient Safety / standards*
Quality of Health Care*
Surgical Procedures, Operative / standards*
Tertiary Care Centers*