Articles: checklist.
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Research suggests that surgical safety checklists can reduce mortality and other postoperative complications. The real world impact of surgical safety checklists on patient outcomes, however, depends on the effectiveness of hospitals' implementation processes. ⋯ The impact of surgical safety checklists on patient outcomes is likely to vary with the effectiveness of each hospital's implementation process. Further research is needed to confirm these findings and reveal additional factors supportive of checklist implementation.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · May 2011
Handover after pediatric heart surgery: a simple tool improves information exchange.
To improve the quality of handover of complex patients after pediatric cardiac surgery through the use of a simple handover tool. ⋯ Use of a simple tool during handover of pediatric postcardiac surgery patients resulted in a more complete exchange of critical information with no significant prolongation of the handover duration.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · May 2011
Impact of a computerized note template/checklist on documented adherence to institutional criteria for determination of neurologic death in a pediatric intensive care unit.
Variability exists in the documentation of death by neurologic criteria in children. We hypothesized that the use of a note template/checklist, which included directive (educational) prompts based on institutional neurologic determination of death criteria, improved thoroughness of documentation within our institutional guidelines for the neurologic determination of death. ⋯ Use of a note template/checklist to guide and document neurologic determination of death improved adherence to institutional criteria for assessment of cessation of neurologic function.