Checklists for Image-Guided Interventions

Abstract

Objective: Checklists are tools commonly used to help confirm that certain tasks of a process are completed. Within the health care industry, medical checklists are recognized as a means to improve patient safety.

Conclusion: Recent application of checklists to image-guided interventions has shown positive outcomes; however, there are limited published studies. We review the literature regarding checklist use as a safety measure and focus on implementation of checklists for image-guided interventions.

Keywords: checklist; image-guided intervention; interventional radiology; patient safety; quality improvement.