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Resources

Below are a number of links to research papers on the benefit, design and application of checklists in healthcare, aviation and diving.

More presentations and papers will be added in due course.

Research Papers on Checklists

Aviation

Cockpit Checklists: Concepts, design and use. Asaf Degani.

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Healthcare

The Problem with Checklists. Ken Catchpole.

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Diving

HSE Report RR817 - Assessment of manual operations and emergency procedures for closed circuit rebreathers

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Aviation

Human Factors of Flight-Deck Checklists: The Normal Checklist. Asaf Degani.

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Healthcare

A Surgical Safety Checklist to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in a Global Population. Alex B. Haynes, M.D

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Diving

Rebreathers and Scientific Diving. Neal Pollock et al. 

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Aviation

On the Design of Flight-Deck Procedures. Asaf Degani.

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Healthcare

Eliminating catheter-related bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit. Sean M. Berenholtz, MD et al.

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Diving

Prevention of Scuba Diving Mishaps Using a Pre-dive Checklist: A Cluster Randomized Trial. Shabbar Ismailbhai Ranapurwala

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Diving

Capturing the Stupid Stuff: Using Checklists to Improve Performance in Scientific Diving. Hodges, Middleton and Lock. 2019.

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