ATLANTA – Scrawl on the patient with a permanent marker to show where the surgeon should cut. Ask the person's name to make sure you have the right patient. Count sponges to make sure you didn't leave ...

A 29-item checklist dramatically increased the frequency with which providers in an Indian hospital took simple steps to protect the health of women in childbirth and their babies, such as washing ...

A surgical checklist, similar to what pilots use before every flight, can lower patient death rates -- though the drop was smaller than past research has found, a Netherlands study said. The study, ...

The rate of completion of a surgical safety checklist improved when a printed checklist was used as a memory tool, according to a study in BMJ Quality and Safety. Researchers studied the use of the ...

A robotic safe-surgery checklist can reduce readmissions among patients undergoing minimally invasive robotic-assisted gynecologic surgery, according to a study by researchers at Akron, Ohio-based ...

Hospitals in South Carolina that completed a program using a special safety checklist in the OR logged 22 percent fewer post-surgical deaths than other hospitals in the state, research from Harvard ...

A new study by the Harvard School of Public Health shows that using a short checklist during major surgeries dramatically reduces deaths and complications. WBUR's Sacha Pfeiffer reports. The simple ...

The 19-point list, which takes less than two minutes to complete, requires doctors and other surgical staff to do basic checks of anesthesia, blood supply, the site to be operated on — even a roll ...