Five-year audit of adherence to an anaesthesia pre-induction checklist.
Fuchs A, Frick S, Huber M, et al. Five‐year audit of adherence to an anaesthesia pre‐induction checklist. Anaesthesia. 2022;77(7):751-762. doi:10.1111/anae.15704.
Pre-procedure checklists have been shown to improve patient safety but they are still not utilized in all situations. Analysis of five years of airway management checklist use in operating room, non-operating room, and emergency procedures showed increasing adherence to checklist use, but completion varied by time of day, location, and urgency of procedure. Further research into causes for these variations is recommended.