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Repetitive tasks, like making sure to wash your hands after seeing each patient, may seem like drudgery, but they save patients’ lives. This week we talk with Prof. Elizabeth Robb and Sir Brian Jarman about their success at chopping hospital mortality rates with simple checklists. Sir Brian has offered to monitor your hospital’s stats for free. So give a listen. Comments to 1-617-440-4374 or to jelia@jwatch.org. Interview-related links: BMJ article Links to the checklists used Physician’s First Watch summary Prof. Robb’s You-Tube video Dr Foster Intelligence unit at Imperial College, London News-related links: Fruit-and-veggie intake Chlamydia screening Generic losartan (Cozaar) Childhood cancer’s aftereffects Back-surgery conflicts The post Podcast 82: Checklists save lives — lots of lives. Becoming a clinical automaton. first appeared on Clinical Conversations.