Articles: checklist.
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Communication failures may result in inadequate treatment and patient harm, and are among the most common causes of sentinel events. Checklists are part of cycles to improve quality of the care process, promote communication between professionals involved in the different stages, help detect failures and risks, and increase patient safety. The lack of checklists at each stage was identified as a factor contributing to communication failures. ⋯ Checklists in thyroid surgery are tools that allow for testing at different checkpoints data related to factors contributing to the occurrence of failures at each stage of the care process.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Jun 2011
Editorial Comment[Safety of care: what place for proceduralization?].
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To describe the tools (audit procedure and Checklist) designed to ensure the correct implementation of the Ebola Virus Disease Guidelines in a hospital emergency department. ⋯ This approach ensures that Ebola Guidelines were applied, with greater guarantees for patients and hospital professionals.