Checklists as a central part of surgical safety culture

Affiliations

¹ MD, PhD. Coordinator of the Surgical Quality and Safety Unit, Cardiac Surgery Division, Instituto do Coracao, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR.
² MD, PhD. Titular Professor of the Thoracic Surgery Program, Instituto do Coracao, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR; and Director of the Scientific Department, Associação Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

Editorial

Omar Asdrúbal Vilca Mejia et al. Sao Paulo Med J. 2022 Jul-Aug.

. 2022 Jul-Aug;140(4):515-517.

doi: 10.1590/1516-3180.2022.140404052022.

¹ MD, PhD. Coordinator of the Surgical Quality and Safety Unit, Cardiac Surgery Division, Instituto do Coracao, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR.
² MD, PhD. Titular Professor of the Thoracic Surgery Program, Instituto do Coracao, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR; and Director of the Scientific Department, Associação Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

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