Surgical Safety
World Health Organization Releases Surgery Safe Checklist
The World Health Organization released the first edition of its surgical safety checklist. The checklist has served as a successful strategy to reduce risks and complications of surgery.

WHO Checklist Participants:

Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie
Bedford Regional Medical Center
Blackford Community Hospital, Hartford City
Bloomington Hospital
Clarian North Medical Center, Carmel
Clark Memorial Hospital, Jeffersonville
Columbus Regional Hospital
Community Hospital, Munster
Community Hospital of Anderson and Madison County
Community Hospital East, Indianapolis
Community Hospital North, Indianapolis
Community Hospital South, Indianapolis
Deaconess Hospital, Inc., Evansville
Franciscan Physicians Hospital, Munster
Gibson General Hospital, Princeton
Greene County General Hospital, Linton
Hendricks Regional Health, Danville
Henry County Hospital, New Castle
Howard Regional Health System, Kokomo
The Indiana Heart Hospital, Indianapolis
Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital, Indianapolis
Indiana Surgery Center North, Indianapolis
The King's Daughter's Hospital and Health Services, Madison
Lafayette Home Hospital
Memorial Hospital, Logansport

 

Perry County Memorial Hospital, Tell City
Pulaski Memorial Hospital, Winamac
Reid Hospital & Health Care Services, Richmond
Riverview Hospital, Noblesville
Rush Memorial Hospital, Rushville
Saint Anthony Memorial, Michigan City
St. Clare Medical Center, Crawfordsville
St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers, Beech Grove
St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers, Indianapolis
St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers, Mooresville
Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend
Saint Margaret Mercy Healthcare Centers, Hammond
Saint Margaret Mercy Healthcare Centers, Dyer
St. Mary Medical Center, Hobart
St. Mary's Surgicare, Evansville
St. Mary's Surgicare at Professional Boulevard, Evansville
Schneck Medical Center, Seymour
Scott Memorial Hospital, Scottsburg
Union Hospital, Terre Haute
Wabash County Hospital
Wabash Valley Surgical Center, Terre Haute
West Central Community Hospital, Clinton
White County Memorial Hospital, Monticello
Witham Memorial Hospital, Lebanon
The Women's Hospital, Newburgh

Hospitals Planning to Test the Checklist:
Bloomington Hospital of Orange County, Inc., Paoli
Dunn Memorial Hospital, Bedford
Good Samaritan Hospital, Vincennes
Major Hospital, Shelbyville
Saint Anthony Medical Center of Crown Point
St. Catherine Hospital, Inc., East Chicago
St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Lafayette
St. Mary's Warrick Hospital, Boonville

WHO Checklist Resources:
WHO surgical safety checklist [pdf 445kb]
Implementation manual [pdf 1.56Mb]