Search Tag: Checklists
Key Principles in Aviation Applicable to Radiology
2017 21 Mar
Key principles of aviation safety – including “big picture” tactical training, the use of checklists, and teamwork – could be adapted to meet the challenges facing the practice of radiology, according to an article in Journal of the American College of Radiology. "Although there are differences in our professions, by adopting proven techniques from... Read more
The Burden Caused by Administrators and Managers: a Euro-American Jumble
2016 27 Sep
We argue that a jumble of rules, protocols, checklists has emerged, which jeopardises not only the pivotal relationship between doctor and patient, but also the quality and costs of care, and the quality of future healthcare workers. It must be emphasised that the introduction of protocols and checklists in clinical medicine has improved care at... Read more
Teamwork Checklist As Simple as ABCs
2016 03 May
Team confidence, cohesion, empathy and esprit de corps as well as patient safety may be improved by using a simple checklist, according to a letter published in the Journal of Critical Care. Lead author, Peter Brindley, from the University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Canada, with colleagues from St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, introduces an easy-to-remember... Read more
Handover Checklists Improve Quantity & Quality of Information
2016 11 Mar
A standardised checklist improved the quantity and quality of information shared at handover from the operating room to the ICU, in a randomised controlled trial of 121 handovers, published in the Journal of Critical Care, the official journal of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive Care Medicine.Cornelie Salzwedel, MD, and colleagues from... Read more