Do you know anyone who got an infection at a hospital? I have a feeling nearly everyone in the USA does.
We lost Congressman John Murtha most likely because someone forgot to wash their hands or properly disinfect instruments.
When I flew in a Cessna 172 at a small airport in Virginia our pilot used a checklist strapped to his leg. He was a retired USAF Colonel that flew supersonic fighter jets. Pilots use a checklist before every takeoff. They did not use checklists until Boeing instituted them for the WWII B-17 bomber.
It’s time that Doctors and Nurses use a checklist.
Safe Patient Project-End secrecy, save lives.
The Dirty Truth: Spread the Word, not the Germ:
http://www.safepatientproject.org/2010/02/post_1.html
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