Monday, May 7, 2012

Standardization of Surgical Procedures: Beyond Checklists?

Publication year: 2012
Source:World Neurosurgery
Dennis R. Buis, Sander Idema, Ricardo Feller, W. Peter Vandertop
After introduction of the NATOPS standardization system the incidence of mishaps in the United States Navy decreased substantially. NATOPS includes standardized programs as the basis for development of an efficient and sound operational procedure. In order to improve patient safety and analogous to NATOPS we propose a standardization program for parts of surgical procedures.






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