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Implementation of Safe Surgery Saves Lives initiative in Ahmed ...

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these facts they selected “<strong>Safe</strong> <strong>Surgery</strong> <strong>Saves</strong> <strong>Lives</strong>” Challenge to be the second goal <strong>of</strong> <strong>Safe</strong>tyAlliance. The aim this <strong><strong>in</strong>itiative</strong> is to improve the safety <strong>of</strong> surgical care around the world byensur<strong>in</strong>g adherence to proven standards <strong>of</strong> care <strong>in</strong> all countries. The expertise developed getbenefit <strong>of</strong> safety approaches <strong>in</strong> aviation and other high risk <strong>in</strong>dustries and developed a checklist(figure 2) as tool to ensure the safety <strong>of</strong> surgery. They estimate this tool will prevent at least halfa million deaths per year with effective implementation <strong>of</strong> the WHO Surgical <strong>Safe</strong>ty Checklistworldwide. These results obta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> the World Health Organization's 2007-2008 pilot study; <strong>of</strong>its Surgical <strong>Safe</strong>ty Checklist and published the <strong><strong>in</strong>itiative</strong> <strong>of</strong> save surgery save lives <strong>in</strong> 2008(WHO, 2008).Figure 3: WHO Surgical <strong>Safe</strong>ty Checklist15

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