Staff Education Tool: Instructional Videos on Surgical Safety Checklist Use

Safesurg.org, a website designed to support individuals and institutions interested in improving the safety of surgical practices, provides three free videos on the use of the World Health Organization's surgical safety checklist.

The videos are intended to teach potential users how to and how not to perform the checklist in a real-world environment.

View the "How to Use the Checklist" video by clicking here.

View the "How NOT to Use the Checklist" video by clicking here.

View the "How to Use the Checklist for a Complex Case" video by clicking here.

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