Does a Surgical Safety Checklist reduce rates of death and complications in patients at least 16 years of age undergoing noncardiac surgery?
Implementation of a surgical safety checklist is associated with reduced mortality and complications in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.
Implementation of the checklist was associated with concomitant reductions in the rates of death and complications among patients at least 16 years of age who were undergoing noncardiac surgery in a diverse group of hospitals.
Haynes et al. (2009) studied this question.