The development and implementation of cognitive aids for critical events in pediatric anesthesia: the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Critical Events Checklists.

Anna Clebone; Barbara K Burian; Scott C Watkins; Jorge A Gálvez; Justin L Lockman; Eugenie S Heitmiller; Members of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Quality and Safety Committee

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The development and implementation of cognitive aids for critical events in pediatric anesthesia: the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Critical Events Checklists.

March 15, 2017

Clebone A, Burian BK, Watkins SC, et al. Anesth Analg. 2017;124(3):900-907.

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Checklists have been highlighted as a cognitive aid to avoid omissions in both routine care and critical events. This commentary describes the development and testing of three critical event checklists in children's hospitals and provides implementation guidance to support their use.

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