Emergency department checklist: an innovation to improve safety in emergency care.

Emma Redfern; Rebecca Hoskins; Jackie Gray; Jason Lugg; Alex Hastie; Caroline Clark; Jonathan Benger

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Emergency department checklist: an innovation to improve safety in emergency care.

October 31, 2018

Redfern E, Hoskins R, Gray J, et al. BMJ Open Qual. 2018;7(3):e000325.

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Enhancing information systems and team communication can reduce failure-to-rescue events. This commentary describes the development and testing of a checklist to improve rapid identification of complications and patient deterioration in the emergency department.

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