Articles: checklist.
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Graefes Arch. Clin. Exp. Ophthalmol. · Mar 2013
Clinical risk management in eye outpatient surgery: a new surgical safety checklist for cataract surgery and intravitreal anti-VEGF injection.
A database study to test a new model of surgical safety checklist for eye surgery in the outpatient operating room, especially for cataract surgery and intravitreal anti-VEGF injections. ⋯ The study showed a high level of adherence to the checklist. A surgical safety checklist could improve the management of an eye surgery operating room.
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Journal of neurosurgery · Mar 2013
Decreasing ventricular infections through the use of a ventriculostomy placement bundle: experience at a single institution.
Ventricular infection after ventriculostomy placement carries a high mortality rate. Responding to ventriculostomy infection rates, a multidisciplinary performance improvement team was formed, a comprehensive protocol for ventriculostomy placement was developed, and the efficacy was evaluated. ⋯ Bundle implementation including an antimicrobial-impregnated catheter dramatically decreased EVD-related infections. Training and situational awareness of appropriate practice, assisted by the checklist, plus use of the antibiotic-impregnated catheter resulted in sustained reduction in ventriculitis.
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Aesthetic surgery journal · Mar 2013
Six things every plastic surgeon needs to know about teamwork training and checklists.
More than 20 years of teamwork, research, and experience in high-risk industries such as aviation, nuclear power, and military operations have clearly demonstrated that teamwork training and checklist usage can overcome the primary causes of adverse events. There is a growing body of evidence that checklist programs have the same error-reducing effect in operating rooms (OR) as in other industries. The benefits include documented improvements in patient safety and quality care; a better office, surgery center, or hospital in which to practice medicine; reduced exposure to malpractice risk; and increased efficiency in the OR.
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BMJ quality & safety · Mar 2013
Observational StudyCharacterising physician listening behaviour during hospitalist handoffs using the HEAR checklist.
The increasing fragmentation of healthcare has resulted in more patient handoffs. Many professional groups, including the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education and the Society of Hospital Medicine, have made recommendations for safe and effective handoffs. Despite the two-way nature of handoff communication, the focus of these efforts has largely been on the person giving information. ⋯ Using the 'HEAR Checklist', we can characterise hospitalist handoff listening behaviours. While passive listening behaviours are common, active listening behaviours that promote memory retention are rare. Handoffs are often interrupted, most commonly by side conversations. Future handoff improvement efforts should focus on augmenting listening and minimising interruptions.
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Clinical Trial
[Safe surgery checklist: analysis of the safety and communication of teams from a teaching hospital].
This study aimed to apply the WHO surgical safety checklist in the surgical specialties of a university hospital and to evaluate the opinion of the team regarding the influence of its application on the safety of the surgical process and on the interpersonal communication of the team. It is a descriptive, analytical qualitative field study conducted in the surgical center of a university hospital Data were collected by applying the checklist in a total of 30 surgeries. ⋯ Bardin's Content Analysis Method was used to organize and analyze the data. The subjects did not notice any changes in their interpersonal communication when using the checklist; however, they gave suggestions and reported that its use provided greater safety to the procedure.