Articles: checklist.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Impact of a semi-structured briefing on the management of adverse events in anesthesiology: a randomized pilot study.
Human factors research has identified mental models as a key component for the effective sharing and organization of knowledge. The challenge lies in the development and application of tools that help team members to arrive at a shared understanding of a situation. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of a semi-structured briefing on the management of a simulated airway emergency. ⋯ Our study addresses effects on team coordination through a shared mental model as effected by a briefing prior to anesthesia induction. We found measurable improvements in airway management during those stages of the difficult airway algorithm explicitly discussed in the briefing. For those, time spent was shorter and participants were quicker to advance in the airway algorithm.
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Curr Opin Anaesthesiol · Dec 2022
ReviewChecklists and cognitive aids: underutilized and under-researched tools to promote patient safety and optimize clinician performance.
Checklists and other cognitive aids serve multiple purposes in the peri-operative setting and have become nearly ubiquitous in healthcare. This review lays out the evidence for their use, shortcomings and pitfalls to be aware of, and how technology and innovation may improve checklist and cognitive aid relevance and usability. ⋯ Cognitive aids like checklists are powerful tools in the perioperative and critical care setting. Further research and innovation may elevate what is possible by improving the usability and relevance of these tools, possibly translating into improved patient outcomes.
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Review Meta Analysis
Impact of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist Relative to Its Design and Intended Use: A Systematic Review and Meta-Meta-Analysis.
The aim of this study was to identify what parts of the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist (WHO SSC) are working, what can be done to make it more effective, and to determine if it achieved its intended effect relative to its design and intended use. ⋯ The WHO SSC positively impacts the things it was explicitly designed to address and does not positively impact things it was not explicitly designed for.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Effect of the World Health Organization checklist on patient outcomes: a stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial.
Implementing the WHO Safe Surgery Checklist may reduce morbidity, length of stay and mortality, although many questions remain.
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Chronic wounds are an increasing problem in the aging population, patients experience a lower health-related quality of life and the care for these patients is associated with high costs. Thorough wound assessments facilitate objective monitoring of wound status and progress. A wound assessment tool can guide clinicians in these wound assessments and in recording wound progress or deterioration. ⋯ Fourteen assessment tools for chronic wounds were identified. Construct validity (by hypotheses testing) and responsiveness of the Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing version 3.0 were supported by sufficient ratings based on moderate to high level quality of evidence. Reliability of the (Revised) Photographic Wound Assessment Tool had a sufficient rating based on moderate quality of evidence. The ratings of the measurement properties of the other wound assessment tools were either insufficient or indeterminate, or a sufficient result was supported by low to very low quality of evidence. Registration number in PROSPERO: CRD42020183920 Tweetable abstract: A systematic review giving a clear overview of the measurement properties of available assessment tools for chronic wounds.