ABSTRACT
Avoidable adverse events must be subjected to continuous control to be detected at the time and prevent their occurrence. Its knowledge is essential to prevent them and their consequences and any effective action on the matter of risk management and health safety must be taken into account. Surgical checklists fulfil these requirements, making patient care easier and opening the possibility of effective communication with the group and with the patient. Checklists help in the detection and prevention of avoidable events, providing safety for the patient as well as to the interventional team, and provide continuity of patient care outside the operating room. The objective of this work is to describe the design of a specific checklist for interventional radiology patients, as an essential tool to contribute to safety in the procedure. In the preparation of this checklist, a review was made of other surgical checklists of reference, as well as the recommendations for producing one and the justification of its need in all interventional procedures of risk. A simple checklist has been designed, which is adaptable to the specific characteristics of interventional radiology. Nursing staff are the key professionals on the design and implementation helping to identify those conditions that may threaten the success of the intervention.
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Checklist , Radiography, Interventional , Humans , Patient SafetyABSTRACT
Los eventos adversos evitables deben ser sometidos a un control continuo para detectarse a tiempo y evitar su ocurrencia. Su conocimiento es una condición indispensable en la prevención y cualquier acción eficaz en materia de gestión de riesgos o seguridad asistencial se debe tener en cuenta. Las listas de verificación quirúrgica cumplen estos requisitos facilitándola asistencia del paciente, posibilitando la comunicación efectiva intragrupo y con el paciente. Ayudan en la detección y prevención de eventos evitables proporcionando seguridad tanto al paciente como al propio equipo intervencionista y posibilitan la continuidad de los cuidados del paciente más allá de la sala de intervencionismo. El objetivo de este trabajo es describir el diseño de una lista de verificación específico para los pacientes de radiología intervencionista como medida imprescindible para aportar seguridad en el procedimiento. Para su elaboración se hizo una revisión de otras listas de verificación quirúrgicas de referencia y de las recomendaciones de creación y justificación de su necesidad en todo procedimiento intervencionista de riesgo. Se ha realizado una lista de verificación sencilla y adaptada a las características propias dela radiología intervencionista. Las enfermeras son los profesionales clave en su desarrollo y en la identificación de todas aquellas condiciones que pueden poner en peligro el éxito de la intervención (AU)
Avoidable adverse events must be subjected to continuous control to be detected at the time and prevent their occurrence. Its knowledge is essential to prevent them and their consequences and any effective action on the matter of risk management and health safety must be taken into account. Surgical checklists fulfil these requirements, making patient care easier and opening the possibility of effective communication with the group and with the patient. Checklists help in the detection and prevention of avoidable events, providing safety for the patient as well as to the interventional team, and provide continuity of patient care outside the operating room. The objective of this work is to describe the design of a specific checklist for interventional radiology patients, as an essential tool to contribute to safety in the procedure. In the preparation of this checklist, a review was made of other surgical checklists of reference, as well as the recommendations for producing one and the justification of its need in all interventional procedures of risk. A simple checklist has been designed, which is adaptable to the specific characteristics of interventional radiology. Nursing staff are the key professionals on the design and implementation helping to identify those conditions that may threaten the success of the intervention (AU)
