Improving maternal confidence in neonatal care through a checklist intervention

"These results suggest that introduction of a simple checklist can be successfully utilised to improve confidence of mothers in being able to care for their newborn child. Further investigation is indicated, but this intervention has the potential for routine application in postnatal care."

Improving maternal confidence in neonatal care through a checklist intervention
D Radenkovic et al.
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2016;5: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u210655.w4292

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Back to basics: checklists in aviation and healthcare

"Overreliance on checklists as a safety net can lead to omission of other safety practices that may better support safety through reliability and resilience. Checklists are excellent ‘aides memoire’ and directives to correct procedures, but they are not a panacea"

Back to basics: checklists in aviation and healthcare
R Clay-Williams, L Colligan
BMJ Quality and Safety 2015;24:428-431 doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2015-003957

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Keeping patients with epilepsy safe

"While there is no proven intervention or national surveillance of epilepsy mortality, the safety checklist is a simple and practical tool that can be used to demonstrate effective clinical and corporate governance while enhancing patient safety. It can also help give some assurance to bereaved families that every effort was made to reduce risk and prevent a fatality."

Keeping patients with epilepsy safe: a surmountable challenge?
R Shankar et al.
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u208167.w3252

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Medical engagement: a journey not an event

"This report has specifically focused on the importance of medical engagement as part of the cultural change needed within the NHS. The case studies highlight what can be achieved if there is a sustained and collective vision and will to create the organisational culture where all staff, particularly doctors, are motivated to share in delivering the highest quality care."

Medical engagement: a journey not an event
J Clark, V Nath
The King's Fund
July 2014

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Surgical checklists: a systematic review of impacts and implementation

"Surgical safety checklists were associated with increased detection of potential safety hazards, decreased surgical complications and improved communication among operating room staff."

Surgical checklists: a systematic review of impacts and implementation
JR Treadwell, S Lucas, AY Tsou
BMJ Quality and Safety, 2014; 23(4): 299–318

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Determinants of improvements in healthcare professional practice

"Based on a systematic review and a consensus process we developed a checklist that aims to be comprehensive and to build on the strengths of each of the 12 included checklists. The checklist is accompanied with five worksheets to facilitate its use in implementation research and quality improvement projects."

A checklist for identifying determinants of practice: A systematic review and synthesis of frameworks and taxonomies of factors that prevent or enable improvements in healthcare professional practice
SA Flottorp, et al.
Implementation Science, 2013, 8:35

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