Safety checklist cuts risk of death after surgery in Scotland

Abstract

A simple safety checklist is being credited with reducing the risk of death after surgery in Scotland.\n\nA study published in the British Journal of Surgery analysed the outcomes of 6.8 million operations carried out during 2000-14.1 It found a 36.6% relative reduction in mortality (95% confidence interval –55.2 to –17.9) after Scotland’s nationwide implementation of the World Health …