[WHO Surgical Safety Checklist and guideline for safe surgery 2009].

The World Health Organization (WHO) launched the Safe Surgery Saves Lives campaign in 2007 to improve safety of surgical care in the world. As a part of the campaign, the first edition of the Surgical Safety Checklist was created through an international consultative process in 2008 and the second edition was published in the WHO Guidelines for Safe Surgery 2009. The guidelines consist of ten essential objectives for safe surgery, and nine of...