BACKGROUND Recreational scuba diving involves the use of complex instruments and specialized skills in an unforgiving environment. Errors in dive preparation in such an environment may lead to unsafe conditions, mishaps, injuries and fatalities. Diving mishaps can be major and minor based on their potential to cause injury and the severity of the resulting injury. The objective of this study is...

BACKGROUND Checklists are increasingly used to measure quality of care. Recently we implemented an antibiotic checklist in nine Dutch hospitals and showed that use of the checklist resulted in more appropriate antibiotic use. While more appropriate antibiotic use was associated with a reduction in length of stay, use of the checklist in itself was not. In the current study we explored discrepan...

This editorial addresses the importance of incident reporting, checklists and a just culture to patient safety.

OBJECTIVES With disagreements on diagnostic criteria for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) hampering efforts to monitor incidence and implement preventative strategies, the study objectives were to develop a checklist for clinical surveillance of VAP, and conduct an audit in Australian/New Zealand intensive care units (ICUs) using the checklist. SETTING Online survey software was used for...

We assessed the impact of checklist-based training on teaching teams' use of the zone defense schedule. Three teaching teams (lead teacher plus 2 assistant teachers) in an inclusive early childhood program participated. A multiple baseline design across teams was used to determine whether accurate implementation of the zone defense schedule increased when checklist-based training was provided. ...

BACKGROUND To create a checklist of the tasks that a pharmacist must perform during medication order review in the hospital setting and to evaluate the utility of and pharmacists' satisfaction with the checklist. METHODS An evidence-based checklist for medication order review was developed, with items related to order urgency, verification of patients' identity, therapeutic review, and action...

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A 3 copies of the manuscript A please indicate the corresponding author's details on the manuscript (tel/fax/e-mail) A 3 sets of figures A electronic version of the manuscript (Label the floppy disk with the type of computer and word processing package used, your name and the name of the file on the disk.) A electronic version of the figures For Review Papers: A 3 copies of the manuscript A ple...

A 4 copies of the manuscript A please indicate the corresponding author's details on the manuscript (tel/fax/e-mail) A 4 sets of figures A electronic version of the manuscript (Label the floppy disk with the type of computer and word processing package used, your name and the name of the file on the disk.) A electronic version of the figures (optional, see instructions below) For Review Papers:...

A 3 copies of the manuscript A please indicate the corresponding author's details on the manuscript (tel/fax/e-mail) A 3 sets of figures A electronic version of the manuscript (Label the floppy disk with the type of computer and word processing package used, your name and the name of the file on the disk.) A electronic version of the figures For Review Papers: A 3 copies of the manuscript A ple...