BACKGROUND: Comorbidity and emergency intervention are established risk factors for
post-operative mortality. This study sought to identify adverse events associated with death …

Importance Programs that analyze and report rates of surgical complications are an
increasing focus of quality improvement efforts. The most comprehensive tool currently used …

Background Morbidity and mortality in surgical systems in low-and middle-income countries
(LMICs) remain high compared to high-income countries. Quality improvement processes …

Objectives: We hypothesized reduction of 30 days' in-hospital morbidity, mortality, and
length of stay postimplementation of the World Health Organization's Surgical Safety …

Introduction Effective, scalable strategies for improving surgical quality are urgently needed
in low-income and middle-income countries; however, there is a dearth of evidence about …

Background In 2008, a bundle of care to prevent Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) was
introduced in the Netherlands. The bundle consisted of four elements: antibiotic prophylaxis …

Background Surgical wound surveillance with postdischarge follow-up is rarely done in the
UK as it is seen as expensive. The aim of this study was to determine whether employing a …

Background The outcomes of elective surgery in public versus Independent Sector
Healthcare Providers (ISHPs) are a matter of policy relevance and theoretical interest …

Abstract Background Clean Cut is an adaptive, multimodal programme to identify
improvement opportunities and safety changes in surgery by enhancing outcomes …

Background Evidence on heterogeneity in outcomes of surgical quality interventions in low-
income and middle-income countries is limited. We explored factors driving performance in …