title: Surgical safety checklists are an effective means for reducing surgical morbidity and mortality, but have we gone far enough in team-building and leadership to create high reliability?
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: James Forrest
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Calland
mesh_terms: D057189:Checklist / Q000592:standards*; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards*