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The Checklist Manifesto Summary
1-Sentence-Summary:The Checklist Manifesto explains why checklists can save lives and teaches you how to implement them correctly.
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One day in San Francisco, California, a medical team began operation on a man for what they believed was a shallow stab wound.
Unfortunately, however, due to errors the surgeons only noticed the larger, foot-long wound after beginning surgery. The man was at a Halloween costume party and was impaled by a bayonet.
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The entire staff present forgot to double-check what kind of injury the man had.
Contrast this experience to one of author and surgeon Atul Gawande during a surgery. Because of the Safe Surgery Saves Lives program, which Gawande helped establish himself, his team used a checklist before beginning.
As part of that process, they checked expected blood loss during the surgery. When the team discovered they had no extra blood, they quick