Articles: checklist.
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Int J Technol Assess Health Care · Oct 2011
The GRIPP checklist: strengthening the quality of patient and public involvement reporting in research.
The aim of this study was to develop the GRIPP (Guidance for Reporting Involvement of Patients and Public) checklist to enhance the quality of PPI reporting. ⋯ The reporting of patient and public involvement in health research needs significant enhancement. The GRIPP checklist represents the first international attempt to enhance the quality of PPI reporting. Better reporting will strengthen the PPI evidence-base and so enable more effective evaluation of what PPI works, for whom, in what circumstances and why.
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Qual Manag Health Care · Oct 2011
Effect of surgical safety checklists on postoperative morbidity and mortality rates, Shiraz, Faghihy Hospital, a 1-year study.
The study intent was to (1) encourage the use of surgical safety checklists and (2) measure the effect checklists have in reducing surgical complications. ⋯ Complications decreased by 57% after intervention. Both high patient information detection and elevated levels of cooperation by surgical personnel were observed. Compliance likely helped prevent some adverse effects associated with surgery.
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Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. · Sep 2011
Prompting physicians to address a daily checklist and process of care and clinical outcomes: a single-site study.
Checklists may reduce errors of omission for critically ill patients. ⋯ In this single-site, preliminary study, checklist-based prompting improved multiple processes of care, and may have improved mortality and length of stay, compared with a stand-alone checklist. The manner in which checklists are implemented is of great consequence in the care of critically ill patients.
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Recent studies have demonstrated a reduction in perioperative complications if a surgical safety checklist is utilised. In our institution an adaptation of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist is administered in 3 "domains": on arrival of the patient in the operating room (Sign In); before surgical incision (Time Out) and before the patients leaves the operating room (Sign Out). Since incomplete administration or staff disengagement could diminish any safety benefit we evaluated administration of this checklist. ⋯ The Sign Out domain was almost always omitted, which may increase the risk of important omissions in postoperative care. Most other aspects of checklist administration could also be improved. This will require strong leadership from senior clinicians in all relevant teams.