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. 2010 Aug 21;35(6):897–901. doi: 10.1007/s00264-010-1112-7

Table 3.

 Pre- and post-training audits

Results Audit 1—pre-training Audit 2—post-training
Use of WHO SSC (%) 7.9 96.9
Mortality rate (%) 1.9 1.6
Overall complication rate (%) 8.5 7.6
LRTI (%) 2.1 2.5
Surgical site infection (%) 4.4 3.5
Unplanned return to operating theatre (%) 1.0 1.0

SSC surgical safety checklist, LRTI lower respiratory tract infection

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