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. 2021 May 1;94(1121):20200980.
doi: 10.1259/bjr.20200980. Epub 2021 Mar 11.

Checklists for image-guided interventions: a systematic review

Harry C Alexander  1 , Scott Jp McLaughlin  1 , Robert H Thomas  2 , Alan F Merry  1   3
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Checklists for image-guided interventions: a systematic review

Harry C Alexander et al. Br J Radiol. .

Abstract

Objectives: Safety checklists have improved safety in patients undergoing surgery. Checklists have been designed specifically for use in image-guided interventions. This systematic review aimed to identify checklists designed for use in radiological interventions and to evaluate their efficacy for improving patient safety. Secondary aims were to evaluate attitudes toward checklists and barriers to their use.

Methods: OVID, MEDLINE, CENTRAL and CINAHL were searched using terms for "interventional radiology" and "checklist". Studies were included if they described pre-procedural checklist use in vascular/body interventional radiology (IR), paediatric IR or interventional neuro-radiology (INR). Data on checklist design, implementation and outcomes were extracted.

Results: Sixteen studies were included. Most studies (n = 14, 87.5%) focused on body IR. Two studies (12.5%) measured perioperative outcome after checklist implementation, but both had important limitations. Checklist use varied between 54 and 100% and completion of items on the checklists varied between 28 and 100%. Several barriers to checklist use were identified, including a lack of leadership and education and cultural challenges unique to radiology.

Conclusions: We found few reports of the use of checklists in image-guided interventions. Approaches to checklist implementation varied, and several barriers to their use were identified. Evaluation has been limited. There seems to be considerable potential to improve the effective use of checklists in radiological procedures.

Advances in knowledge: There are few reports of the use of checklists in radiological interventions, those identified reported significant barriers to the effective use of checklists.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest: HA, SM and RT have no conflicts of interest to declare. AM has financial relationships with SAFERsleep and is a board member of Lifebox and the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists.

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PRISMA diagram demonstrating study selection.
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CIRSE IR Checklist.
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RCR checklist.
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SIR pre-procedure checklist.
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Time-out checklist.
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Endovascular Safety Checklist.
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RADPASS checklist.
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