Research, Tools, and Guides

Guide to support implementation of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist.

Tool to improve the quality of essential childbirth practices and communication around the time of delivery.
Read article in Health Affairs Ariadne Labs’ March 2017 study analyzes how Costa Rica has built one of the highest functioning primary health care systems in the world. Copyrighted and published by Project HOPE/Health Affairs as: Madeline Pesec, Hannah L. Ratcliffe, Ami Karlage, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Atul Gawande, and Asaf Bitton “Primary Health Care That… Continue reading Primary Health Care That Works: The Costa Rican Experience

Designed for all three sections (Before induction of anesthesia, before skin incision, and before patient leaves the room) to be performed in the operating room. This checklist doesn’t preclude or change any of the existing routines you have in your preoperative area.
Members of Ariadne Labs’ Primary Health Care program, Asaf Bitton and Hannah Radcliffe among the authors of this Journal of General Internal Medicine article.

This checklist is designed for use in ambulatory surgery centers or for other low-risk procedures. It includes items for this type of surgery and omits items that are not applicable to the ASC environment.