Making A Better Medical Safety Checklist

In the wake of Johns Hopkins’ success in virtually eliminating intensive-care unit bloodstream infections via a simple five-step checklist, the safety scientist who developed and popularized the tool warns medical colleagues that they are no panacea. “Checklists are useful, but they’re not Harry Potter’s wand,” says Peter Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D…

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