Jones, Susan 2011. Your life in WHOs hands: the World Health Organization surgical safety checklist: a critical review of the literature. Journal of Perioperative Practice 21 (8) , pp. 271-274. |
Abstract
Safe surgery is a world-wide recognised issue. The World Health Organization statistics show that the occurrence of major complications is between 3 and 16%, and the occurrence of disability and death is between 0.4 and 0.8% (WHO 2009). According to Vijayasekar and Steele (2009) 234 million major surgical procedures are undertaken globally each year. The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has collated over 1 million reports of surgical incidences in England and Wales between October 2006 and September 2007. Weiser et al (2008) quote a world-wide figure of 7 million individuals affected with a disabling complication, and a death rate of 1 million.
Item Type: | Article |
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Status: | Published |
Schools: | Medicine |
Subjects: | R Medicine > RD Surgery |
Publisher: | Association for Perioperative Practice |
ISSN: | 1750-4589 |
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Last Modified: | 12 Feb 2016 22:28 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/21826 |
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