Patient safety ward round checklist via an electronic app: implications for harm prevention

ConclusionsThe baseline audit demonstrated significant practice bias on daily ward rounds which tended to omit several key-proven patient safety practices such as prompting hand decontamination and obtaining up to date reports from nursing staff. Results of the intervention arm demonstrate the feasibility of using the Checklist App on daily ward rounds.
Source: Irish Journal of Medical Science - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research