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A patient safety checklist for the cardiac catheterisation laboratory.

Cahill TJ, Clarke SC, Simpson IA, Stables RH. Heart. 2014 Dec 5; [Epub ahead of print].

Drawing from the success of the WHO surgical safety checklist initiative, this commentary describes the development of a checklist created to improve the reliability of core invasive cardiac procedures such as diagnostic angiography. The authors discuss the role of nurses in introducing the checklist and the use ofteam briefings to reduce the risk of communication errors. An example of the checklist tested is included.

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