was going to change anything. The hospital leaders committed to introducing the concept systematically. They made presentations not only to their surgeons but also to their anesthetists, nurses, and other surgical personnel. We supplied the hospitals with their failure data so the staff could see what they were trying to address. We gave them some PowerPoint slides and a couple of YouTube videos, one demonstrating “How to Use the Safe Surgery Checklist” and one—a bit more entertaining—entitled “How Not to Use the Safe Surgery Checklist,” showing how easy it is to screw everything up.
