WHO surgical safety checklist
17 Feb, 10 | by Thom Hoffman
The topics discussed in this podcast include, the background to the development of the WHO surgical safety checklist. The effectiveness of the checklist. When the checklist will be implemented and how to put it into practice succesfully.
Helen Morant, a clinical editor at BMJ Learning interviews Krishna Moorthy, a clinical senior lecturer and consultant surgeon, about the new WHO surgical checklist. Mr Moorthy leads the Safety in Surgery research programme at the Imperial Centre for Patient Safety and Service Quality
To access this as a BMJ Learning module with additional resources, please go to BMJ Learning
The checklist itself can be accessed here
WHO surgical safety checklist [22:51m]:
