Hospital checklists are meant to save lives — so why do they often fail?

A Surgical Safety Checklist to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in a Global Population

Alex B. Haynes, Thomas G. Weiser, William R. Berry et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2009 · 5.6K citations · Full text

Medicine, Perioperative Medicine, Surgery +13

An Intervention to Decrease Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections in the ICU

Peter J. Pronovost, Dale M. Needham, Sean M. Berenholtz et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2006 · 4.4K citations

Nursing, Critical Care Nursing, Infectious Diseases +12

Eliminating catheter-related bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit*

Sean M. Berenholtz, Peter J. Pronovost, Pamela A. Lipsett et al. · Critical Care Medicine · 2004 · 994 citations

Public Health, Infectious Disease Control, Infectious Diseases +17

Introduction of Surgical Safety Checklists in Ontario, Canada

David R. Urbach, Anand Govindarajan, Refik Saskin et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2014 · 627 citations · Full text

Health Professions, Health Services Administration, Surgery +12

Effective Surgical Safety Checklist Implementation

Dante M. Conley, Sara J. Singer, Lizabeth Edmondson et al. · Journal of the American College of Surgeons · 2011 · 374 citations · Full text

Medicine, Perioperative Medicine, Surgery +12