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Video: Surgical safety checklist (full length, 10min 58sec)

1st July, 2022

This video outlines the effective use of the World Health Organization's surgical safety checklist. It includes interviews from experts on the use of the checklist, and the benefits and stages of the checklist including sign in, time out and sign out.

A summary version is available here.

 


Last updated: 1st July, 2022