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Rev Lat Am Enfermagem · Sep 2013
Safe pediatric surgery: development and validation of preoperative interventions checklist.
- Maria Paula de Oliveira Pires, Mavilde da Luz Gonçalves Pedreira, and Maria Angélica Sorgini Peterlini.
- Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São PauloSP, Brazil.
- Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2013 Sep 1; 21 (5): 1080-7.
ObjectivesThis study was aimed at developing and validating a checklist of preoperative pediatric interventions related to the safety of surgical patients.MethodMethodological study concerning the construction and validation of an instrument with safe preoperative care indicators. The checklist was subject to validation through the Delphi technique, establishing a consensus level of 80%.ResultsFive professional specialists in the area conducted the validation and a consensus on the content and the construct was reached after two applications of the Delphi technique.ConclusionThe "Safe Pediatric Surgery Checklist", simulating the preoperative trajectory of children, is an instrument capable of contributing to the preparation and promotion of safe surgery, as it identifies the presence or absence of measures required to promote patient safety.
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