Abstract
Summary Checklists have established themselves as a key safety process in the operating room environment. This paper describes the background and context of how checklists have evolved in medicine. It also highlights ongoing challenges with particular attention to the importance of nontechnical skills or human factors training with relation to checklist design, testing and implementation and ongoing coaching.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1025-1031 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Paediatric anaesthesia |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2012 |
Keywords
- checklist
- crew resource management
- human factors
- implementation
- nontechnical skills
- operating room
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine