World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist Modification: Do Changes Emphasize Communication and Teamwork?

The World Health Organization's (WHO) surgical safety checklist is meant to be customized to facilitate local implementation, encourage full-team participation, and promote a culture of safety. Although it has been globally adopted, little is known about the extent of checklist modification and the type of changes made.Nonsubspecialty surgical checklists were obtained through online search and targeted hospital requests. A detailed coding scheme...