Tags Archives: Checklist

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Abstract Background Smart digital technologies are rapidly transforming perioperative care through tools such as clinical decision support systems, wearable sensors, and electronic checklists. Despite growing adoption, their specific impact on..

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Abstract Introduction Standard “yes/no”' checklists fail to meet their purported goals of enhancing patient safety because they enable inattentive completion and complacency. The mere presence of a check mark is..

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Abstract Since the 18th century, bedside rounds have been a fundamental component of clinical care, serving as a setting where clinical information is gathered, processed and shared. This tradition highlights the..

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Abstract Introduction & aim Intraoperative adverse events (iAEs) increase postoperative complications, which are devastating to patients and costly to healthcare systems. To optimise patient outcomes, the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist (WHO..

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Abstract Background Despite the extensive volume of research published on checklists in the intensive care unit (ICU), no review has been published on the broader role of checklists within the..

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Abstract Introduction: Risk prevention protocols related to patient care have been developed to reduce the incidence of adverse events in health care services. Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) can trigger several complications,..

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Abstract Background and Objectives: Rapid response teams (RRT) are multidisciplinary teams activated to assess patients outside of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and require a shared framework for approaching a deteriorating..

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Abstract Introduction Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) emergencies require skilled clinical specialist (CS) who manage ECMO circuits. While tools for assessing CS skills have been published, there is significant variation in..

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Abstract The use of checklists in surgery is a best practice. There is a plethora of evidence that suggests using the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) reduces complications such as pneumonia, intraoperative..

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Abstract It is estimated that many of the complications that occur within the hospital setting are associated with surgical procedures. While some complications, such as sepsis and bleeding, are affected..

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Abstract Improving the safety of patient care is a top priority in the perioperative environment in order to minimize preventable deaths, post-surgical complications, and preventable adverse events.   Improved protocols..

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Abstract Background Although checklists can improve safety in the operating room (OR), compliance with their use is variable. Use of a forcing function, a principle of human factors engineering, has..

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Abstract We describe an adverse event during minimally invasive cardiac surgery that resulted in a multi-disciplinary review of intra-operative errors and the creation of a procedural checklist. This checklist aims..

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Abstract Widespread use of clinical checklists is relatively new to health care. Anesthesiology has borrowed lessons from aviation safety since the late 1970s, but checklists only reached a tipping point..

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Abstract OBJECTIVES Between 2% and 8% of patients return to the theatre for mediastinal bleeding following cardiac surgery. In the majority of patients, a surgical source of bleeding is identified...

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Abstract Background and problem  The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist has been shown to improve patient safety as well as improving teamwork and communication in theatres. In 2009, it was made..