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Medical checklist reduces surgical deaths

Written byJennifer Brea
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Posted 12 March 2009 16 years ago

Le Pangolin [Fr] writes about a surgery checklist piloted in hospitals in 8 countries, including the United States and Tanzania.  Studies show the checklist, designed by American doctor Atul Gawande, reduces mortality related to surgicial complications by a third.

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