The Surgical Safety System Checklist (SURPASS)
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This chapter provides a summary of the landmark study known as SURPASS (the Surgical Safety System Checklist). Can surgical complications be reduced by following a checklist of safety measures before, during, and after operations? Starting with that question, it describes the basics of the study, including funding, year study began, year study was published, study location, who was studied, who was excluded, how many patients, study design, study intervention, follow-up, endpoints, results, and criticism and limitations. The chapter briefly reviews other relevant studies and information, gives a summary and discusses implications, and concludes with a relevant clinical case on the use of SURPASS.
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