Background The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist reduces postoperative complications by up
to 50% with the biggest gains in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). However …

The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist was launched in 2009, and appropriate use reduces
mortality, surgical site infections and complications after surgery by up to 50 …

Background Mortality from anaesthesia and surgery in many countries in Sub-Saharan
Africa remain at levels last seen in high-income countries 70 years ago. With many factors …

Background Surgical perioperative deaths and major complications are important
contributors to preventable morbidity, globally and in sub-Saharan Africa. The surgical safety …

Background Surgical outcomes study for individual nations remains important because of
international differences in patterns of surgical disease. We aimed to contribute to data on …

Background Surgery has become an integral part of global health care, with an estimated
234 million operations performed yearly. Surgical complications are common and often …

Background. Appropriate critical care admissions are an important component of surgical
care. However, there are few data describing postoperative critical care admission in …

Background Little is known about perioperative mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. The
perioperative mortality rate (POMR) and associated factors at a major referral hospital in …

Objective To assess the cost-effectiveness of an active 30-day surgical site infection (SSI)
surveillance mechanism at a referral teaching hospital in Ghana using data from healthcare …

Abstract Background The Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) is a patient safety tool shown to
reduce mortality and to improve teamwork and adherence with perioperative safety …