Incidence and characteristics of errors detected by a short team briefing in pediatric anesthesia.
Keil O, Brunsmann K, Boethig D, et al. Incidence and characteristics of errors detected by a short team briefing in pediatric anesthesia. Paediatr Anaesth. 2022;32(10):1144-1150. doi:10.1111/pan.14535.
Harm from pediatric anesthesia-related errors is infrequent, but largely preventable. This pediatric hospital developed and implemented an anesthesia-specific checklist to be used before anesthesia induction. This study presents the types of errors identified by the checklist over the course of one year.