Obstacles to using the safe surgery checklist: Perspectives of first-line personnel.

Objectives: The safe surgery checklist, presented by the World Health Organization in 2008, is an aid to performing surgical interventions safely. Research indicates that the use of checklists in clinical activities leads to a reduced number of adverse events. However, research suggests that the use of checklists differs between different institutions and even between units in the same organisation.

Risk analyses in the intersection between patient and workplace safety: A case study of hazids in para-clinical supporting systems in specialized health care.

Background: The aim is to investigate the appropriateness of hazid for performing risk analyses in supporting systems in hospitals.

Methods: We used a case study approach for evaluating introduction of hazid for the first time in two different university hospital settings. The hazid was performed in a customized way according to the specific needs at the two sites.