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Making a series of simple checks such as ensuring that the correct patient is on the table and operating on the right part of the body, could help surgical teams save almost half a million lives a year across the world.
Patients have died when surgeons have removed the wrong organ, left instruments inside the body, or even operated on the wrong patient.
In 2008 the World Health Organization launched the Surgical Safety Checklist to counter human errors like these. Studies showed it was so effective in reducing complications that many hospitals quickly adopted it.
But although it was developed as a global tool, it has proved harder to roll out in poorer countries.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23252784
Patients have died when surgeons have removed the wrong organ, left instruments inside the body, or even operated on the wrong patient.
In 2008 the World Health Organization launched the Surgical Safety Checklist to counter human errors like these. Studies showed it was so effective in reducing complications that many hospitals quickly adopted it.
But although it was developed as a global tool, it has proved harder to roll out in poorer countries.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23252784