The latest version of the checklist was released in Sept. 2009. While the content of the 19 checklist items remains unchanged from the previous version, the wording of each checklist item has been ...

Recent events have put the simple medical checklist in the spotlight. For instance, the Department of Health and Human Services last summer highlighted work among Michigan hospital ICUs to sharply ...

Safety Tools, Checklists Not Enough to Improve Patient Outcomes Study results showed healthcare professionals sometimes fail to speak up about potential safety risks, even when they are alerted ...

The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority offers a free checklist for facilities to make sure crash carts are standardized and fully stocked in the event of an emergency. The checklist looks at ...

The National Patient Safety Foundation offers a free checklist that encourages patients to take an active role in their healthcare. The checklist includes actions that patients can take to partner ...

In the wake of Johns Hopkins' success in virtually eliminating intensive-care unit bloodstream infections via a simple five-step checklist, the safety scientist who developed and popularized the tool ...

Those of us who perform electrical work rely on our tools — and with them we earn a living. They imbue us with our superpowers; they give us the ability to assemble, build, diagnose, repair, and ...

Patients experience fewer postoperative complications when a surgical safety checklist is used by their surgical team, reports the first large-scale review on the subject. By following a simple ...