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Long read

1 November 2021

The lifesaving power of checklists: what you need to know now

Find out more about checklists and how they can be a powerful tool in practice.

Quality improvementCommunication and teamwork
Podcast

20 September 2024

Knowledge Award audio overview: Introduction and compliance of surgical checklist use: Megan Orr

Hear about how Roundhouse Hospital’s introduction of a surgical safety checklist benefitted patient safety and team communication.

Quality improvementPatient careSurgery and anaesthesia
Tool / guidance

28 January 2023

Checklist walkthrough

Learn more about the key stages of creating and implementing checklists.

Quality improvementCommunication and teamwork
Journal club

13 July 2020

Staff attitudes to and compliance with the use of a surgical safety checklist

Access this journal club resource for an article on surgical safety checklists.

Evidence-based veterinary medicineCommunication and teamworkSurgery and anaesthesia
Tool / guidance

21 January 2023

Caesarean surgical safety checklist template

Use this checklist template to support you with caesarean procedures.

Quality improvementSurgery and anaesthesia
Tool / guidance

22 October 2025

Green theatre checklist

Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists

Use this checklist to support sustainability in the operating theatre.

Quality improvementOne HealthSurgery and anaesthesia
Journal watch

24 June 2020

Staff attitudes to and compliance with the use of a surgical safety checklist

Read a summary of this article published in the Journal of Small Animal Practice in March 2020.

Evidence-based veterinary medicineCommunication and teamworkSurgery and anaesthesia
Tool / guidance

28 March 2020

Surgical safety checklist templates

Use these templates to get started with surgical safety checklists.

Quality improvementCommunication and teamworkSurgery and anaesthesia
Tool / guidance

24 April 2020

End of day and in-patient checklists

Bright Side Vets

These clinic checklists were developed by Bright Side Vets.

Quality improvementSmall animalsPatient careSurgery and anaesthesia
Tool / guidance

21 March 2020

Surgical safety checklist manual

This comprehensive guide introduces surgical safety checklists alongside examples from practices.

Quality improvementSurgery and anaesthesia
Journal watch

24 June 2020

Development of a checklist for the detection of degenerative joint disease-associated pain in cats

Read a summary of this article published in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery in 2020.

Evidence-based veterinary medicineSmall animalsMedicine
Tool / guidance

21 April 2021

Antibiotic usage self-assessment checklist

Use this checklist template to understand your antibiotic usage.

Quality improvementOne HealthSurgery and anaesthesiaAntimicrobial stewardship (AMS)

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