Articles: checklist.
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The Patient Outcomes in Simulation Education network has developed tools for the assessment of competency to perform the infant lumbar puncture (ILP) procedure. The objective of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of these tools in a simulated setting. ⋯ This study provides some initial evidence to support the validity and reliability of the ILP-anchored GRS. Acceptable internal consistency was found for the checklist instrument. The GRS instrument outperformed the checklist in its discriminant ability and interrater agreement.
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To identify and assess potential hazards in robot-assisted urological surgery. To develop a comprehensive checklist to be used in operating theatres with robotic technology. ⋯ HFMEA identified hazards in an operating theatre with innovative robotic technologies which has led to the development of a surgical safety checklist. Further work will involve validation and implementation of the checklist.
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Editorial Comment
Application of a modified surgical safety checklist: user beware!
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Impact of the World Health Organization's Surgical Safety Checklist on safety culture in the operating theatre: a controlled intervention study.
Implementation of a Surgical Safety Checklist had a positive, though small, impact on the theatre safety culture in a Norwegian university hospital.
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Early evidence suggests that checklists are one way of ensuring required processes of care are delivered to intensive care unit patients. Evidence to date however, has not explicitly detailed methods of checklist validation in these settings. This study aimed to test the validity of a 'process-of-care' checklist for measuring and ensuring daily care delivery in an intensive care unit. ⋯ The two forms of documentation were significantly correlated (P=0.01) for all but one of the checklist items (pain). Findings provided support for the concurrent validity of an intensive care unit process-of-care checklist. Further research is required for checklist validity and reliability testing prior to, or in conjunction with, a planned prospective intervention study.