La Radiologia medica
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La Radiologia medica · Nov 2014
Use of "Time-Out" checklist in interventional radiology procedures as a tool to enhance patient safety.
This study was done to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of adopting a safety checklist (SC) in the angiography suite during interventional radiology (IR) procedures to enhance patient safety. ⋯ The use of a checklist in IR, named "Time-Out" in our experience was feasible and effective allowing elimination of adverse events in the first year of use and promoting significant involvement and awareness of patient safety among the health-care team. The level of implementation, completeness and acceptability of the SC within the team increased after adequate training had been provided.