Ep.31 Do pre-surgery checklists improve patient safety outcomes?
EPISODE NOTES We use the papers to frame our discussion: A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness, Compliance, and Critical Factors for Implementation of Safety Checklists in Surgery; Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Effect of the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist on Post-Operative Complications; and The Effects of Safety Checklists in Medicine.
Tune in to hear our thoughts on this potentially life or death issue.
Topics:
The good reputation of checklists. Equipment Failure. The decrease of information loss. Do checklists slow things down? How closely checklists are followed. The rhyme of reason for checklists.