Hospital culture may prevent checklists from working
A checklist is a low-tech way to reduce hospital infections, but the problem is getting nurses and physicians to use them. Dr. Peter Pronovost, a Johns Hopkins researcher who led a study showing the benefits of a checklist, said the "power and politics and hierarchy" of getting nurses to ensure physicians followed a checklist can make their use more difficult.
Wall Street Journal, The | 10/27
This story published in ANA SmartBrief on 10/27/2009
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