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SAFETY CHECKLIST FOR SURGEONS
SAFETY CHECKLIST FOR SURGEONS
Atul Gawande discovered surgeons make errors not because they don't know what to do, but because they can't possibly remember everything they know every single time. For instance, you'd think surgeons would always remember to remove their tools before sewing a patient up — but once in a while, they forget. Oops.
"The volume and complexity of what we know," writes Gawande, "has exceeded our individual ability to deliver its benefits correctly, safely, or reliably. Knowledge has both saved us and burdened us." Gawande's solution? A checklist. Thousands of hospitals now use it. It's reduced death rates by a third. Gawande thinks other professionals with complex knowledge — from chefs to investment bankers — should use a checklist too.
Atul Gawande's "The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right."
Written by Dr Martin Harris, Doctor and Mohel for Jewish Circumcision Clinic in London Bris Mila Brit Milah.
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