Implementing checklists in the operating room

Daniel Low; Isabeau Walker; Eugenie S. Heitmiller

doi:10.1111/pan.12018

Implementing checklists in the operating room

Daniel Low, Isabeau Walker, Eugenie S. Heitmiller

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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)
Pages (from-to)	1025-1031
Number of pages	7
Journal	Paediatric anaesthesia
Volume	22
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/pan.12018
State	Published - Oct 2012
Externally published	Yes

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

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